{"id":46502,"date":"2020-08-14T01:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T22:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/islanders-prepared-to-handle-any-capitals-backlash-for-anders-lee-hit\/"},"modified":"2020-08-14T01:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T22:45:00","slug":"islanders-prepared-to-handle-any-capitals-backlash-for-anders-lee-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/islanders-prepared-to-handle-any-capitals-backlash-for-anders-lee-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"#Islanders prepared to handle any Capitals backlash for Anders Lee hit"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Islanders prepared to handle any Capitals backlash for Anders Lee hit<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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August 13, 2020 |<\/span> 6:45pm <\/p>\n

\n The Capitals are surely still thinking about Islanders captain Anders Lee and his hit on Nicklas Backstrom that knocked the Capitals star center out of the rest of Game<\/a> 1, and officially out of Game 2 as well.<\/p>\n

Less than three minutes into the Islanders\u2019 eventual 4-2 win in Game 1 Wednesday, Lee laid a hard hit on Backstrom, whose head was turned at impact, while skating over the blue line and into the Islanders\u2019 zone. The hit knocked Backstrom onto his side and prompted John Carlson to go after Lee, who received an interference penalty for it.<\/p>\n

During postgame interviews, Capitals head coach Todd Reirden described Lee\u2019s hit as \u201cpredatory,\u201d and Carlson asserted it was \u201creal dirty.\u201d Lee said he \u201ctried to throw the brakes on,\u201d but ended up catching Backstrom, which he acknowledged led to having to fight Tom Wilson as a repercussion.<\/p>\n

Islanders coach Barry Trotz was understanding of the Capitals\u2019 reaction to Lee\u2019s hit, but claimed that because Lee was coming laterally over the blue line, he was bound to hit traffic. Asked about his reaction to the Capitals\u2019 strong words, Trotz wouldn\u2019t elaborate much.<\/p>\n

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Tom Wilson of the Capitals (r.) and Anders Lee fight during Game 1.<\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cPlayer safety looks at it, they\u2019ve got good hockey people,\u201d he said on a Zoom call Thursday. \u201cTodd was doing what you expect a coach to do, [which] is defend his players. I don\u2019t have anything on that reaction at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

But if the Capitals do come out with an extra oomph in their step to feed their added motivation, Trotz said the Islanders will not let it throw them off their game.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re just going to stay the course,\u201d Trotz said. \u201cWhatever happ<\/a>ens. We\u2019re well equipped to play if they want to play physical, we\u2019ll play physical, that\u2019s not a problem. We\u2019re just going to play our game, we know one way to play and we have to play it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reirden announced Thursday that Backstrom would not play in Game 2 on Friday and that the Swede is in the concussion protocol. The storyline seems all too familiar as Wilson was responsible for knocking former Islanders defenseman Lubo Visnovsky out of the Islanders-Capitals series<\/a> in the first round of the 2015 playoffs.<\/p>\n

The longstanding rivalry has always been a physical one, and the Islanders were expecting this series to be nothing less than what it already has been.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefinitely has the potential [to be as physical as the 2015 series],\u201d Cal Clutterbuck said. \u201cA lot of the usual suspects are involved so I think both teams have a lot of will and determination and ability to be physical. I think we\u2019re both going to try and wear each other down. Good, I mean, I love it. So let\u2019s go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clutterbuck said he believes the Islanders\u2019 rivalry with the Capitals really went to the next level after that 2015 series, in which Washington won in seven games. And the Islanders have made a point to never underestimate the competition they have in the Capitals, which they proved in how they played them in Game 1.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you have two good teams that are deep and physical and talented, playing each other as many times as we have over the last five years, six years since then, that\u2019s what you get,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a good rivalry.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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