Perhaps, upon seeing the Islanders’ web empty for a defensive zone faceoff with 43 seconds to go in Tuesday’s loss to the Maple Leafs, you thought Patrick Roy had misplaced his thoughts.
Perhaps you didn’t hate it a lot — the Islanders are among the finest faceoff groups within the league, they wanted a aim and in the event that they’d received the draw with Ilya Sorokin in web, it could’ve been four-on-five because of Noah Dobson’s late penalty.
Perhaps, like Leafs coach Craig Berube, the overriding thought was how weird a transfer it was greater than the rest.
“I think it’s the first time I’ve ever seen that,” Berube, who’s both performed or coached skilled hockey in all however one 12 months since 1986-87, mentioned after John Tavares’ empty-netter sealed a 3-1 Leafs win over the Islanders.
