{"id":44467,"date":"2020-08-11T08:16:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T05:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/islanders-johnny-boychuk-will-likely-be-ready-to-face-capitals\/"},"modified":"2020-08-11T08:16:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T05:16:00","slug":"islanders-johnny-boychuk-will-likely-be-ready-to-face-capitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/islanders-johnny-boychuk-will-likely-be-ready-to-face-capitals\/","title":{"rendered":"#Islanders\u2019 Johnny Boychuk will likely be ready to face Capitals"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Islanders\u2019 Johnny Boychuk will likely be ready to face Capitals<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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August 11, 2020 |<\/span> 1:16am <\/p>\n

\n Islanders head coach Barry Trotz said it\u2019s \u201chighly probable\u201d that defenseman Johnny Boychuk will be ready for Game<\/a> 1 of the first round series<\/a> with the Capitals on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

However, just because Boychuk is seemingly recovered from the late and high hit he took from Panthers defenseman Mike Matheson during Game 1 of the play-in series, doesn\u2019t necessarily mean Trotz will plug him right back in. Trotz had admitted to wanting to give the \u201ctraditional\u201d Islanders the first crack at the play-in series, but Boychuk\u2019s injury forced him to test his team\u2019s depth.<\/p>\n

Veteran defenseman Andy Greene stepped up and filled in quite effectively for Boychuk alongside Nick Leddy, which will give Trotz something to consider going into this next series.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think all the guys that you have on your lineup night in and night out, we feel like we have really good depth and there\u2019s some really tough decisions,\u201d Trotz said on a Zoom call following Monday\u2019s practice. \u201cIt does make it tougher. The good thing about once you start the playoffs, everybody just wants to win. They\u2019re prepared and if you tap them on the shoulder, they\u2019re ready to go. And if you don\u2019t, they\u2019re disapp<\/a>ointed but they won\u2019t show it. They prepare and hope that they get the tap the following game.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old Boychuk has been a staple on the Islanders defense since he was traded from Boston in October 2014. But the Islanders acquired Greene, who notched a secondary assist in his series debut in Game 2 on Matt Martin\u2019s goal, in February to bolster and add more experience to the back end.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think since I got here, six years ago now, that\u2019s been one of our biggest strengths is our depth [on defense],\u201d said Leddy, who was paired with both Boychuk and Greene during the Panthers series. \u201cWhen a guy goes down, we have many guys that step in and take the role. I think that\u2019s what makes our team special, too. We have so much depth and when a guy does go down, it can be a little nerve-racking at the beginning. \u2026 When you play with a guy you find tendencies and you know how he plays, but Andy came in and stepped in and we molded pretty well. The biggest thing is communicating.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Trotz also said that forward Ross Johnston is definitely \u201cin the mix\u201d for cracking the Islanders\u2019 lineup against a physical Capitals team.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re constructing your roster for your opponent,\u201d Trotz said. \u201cComing into the bubble, Ross has made such great strides as a player the last two years really. He\u2019s in the mix for sure, especially against a big team like Washington. We\u2019ve got lots of size, they have lots of size so it should be a hell of a series.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnston has yet to make his 2020 playoff debut after being a healthy scratch through the play-in series with the Panthers. He registered three goals and one assist during the 2019-20 regular season, his fourth with the team.<\/p>\n

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