Travis Green’s Coach Of The Year Vote Shows He’s No Placeholder

Travis Green is starting to get the kind of league-wide respect that usually comes after a coach has dragged a roster farther than anyone expected. The Senators have been a better story than most people wanted to admit, and Green’s standing in Coach of the Year voting says the job has not gone unnoticed around the NHL. In a league that loves to hand out praise only after the tough nights, this is a pretty strong signal that Ottawa’s bench boss has forced his way into the conversation.