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#Islanders’ Barry Trotz Trotz will make changes on fly in Panthers series

#Islanders’ Barry Trotz Trotz will make changes on fly in Panthers series

July 25, 2020 | 11:18pm

Barry Trotz knows that there’s no time to waste in a best-of-five play-in series.

That’s why the Islanders head coach said he is prepared to make quick adjustments to his lineup should his team fall behind early in the qualifying round against the Florida Panthers.

“You’re probably a little quicker on the trigger [to make lineup changes] than you will through maybe a seven-game series or during the regular season,” Trotz said on a Zoom call Saturday. “It all depends on what you have, it might be a systematical adjustment that can correct what’s not going right or it could be a player adjustment.

“I think you don’t have much time, you don’t have that extra life, you get down two and now your back’s against a wall. You’ve got to be focused, you’ve got to be ready.”

The Islanders had to submit their 52-person traveling list and 31-player roster to the league Friday, making the absences of Jakub Skarek, Grant Hutton, Oliver Wahlstrom and Kieffer Bellows from Saturday’s training camp notable. There were 30 players who participated Saturday, leaving one spot open for one of those four.

Considering Bellows was in the Islanders’ lineup most recently, it’ll likely be the 22-year-old winger who takes that 31st spot. Additionally, president Lou Lamoriello confirmed recently signed goaltender Ilya Sorokin was part of the 52-person traveling party and is set to meet up with the team in Toronto. Sorokin does not count against the team’s 31-player roster because he is ineligible to compete.

After declining to reveal the Islanders’ official roster, Lamoriello noted that the NHL plans to announce every team’s official squad at the same time Sunday. But Trotz expressed his confidence in the team he’s heading to Toronto with Sunday.

“I just think with our coaching staff we’ve gone over multiple scenarios, situations that we feel and weighed the pros and cons,” Trotz said. “Obviously, our focus is trying to get by the Florida Panthers and then hopefully have a really long run to win a Stanley Cup like the 24 other teams. We put all the factors in position, the experience, all that, we felt like this would be the strongest roster and give us all the flexibility.”

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