{"id":61932,"date":"2020-09-07T23:41:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T20:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/andy-greene-has-quickly-become-an-islanders-lineup-staple\/"},"modified":"2020-09-07T23:41:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T20:41:00","slug":"andy-greene-has-quickly-become-an-islanders-lineup-staple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/andy-greene-has-quickly-become-an-islanders-lineup-staple\/","title":{"rendered":"#Andy Greene has quickly become an Islanders lineup staple"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Andy Greene has quickly become an Islanders lineup staple<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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September 7, 2020 |<\/span> 4:41pm <\/p>\n

\n Andy Greene wasn\u2019t going to leave the team he had been with for 14 seasons, and captain of for five years, unless it was the right fit.<\/p>\n

So when the Islanders acquired Greene from the New Jersey Devils in February, it was on the 37-year-old defenseman\u2019s terms. But neither Greene nor the Islanders could have foreseen how instrumental he has become to the team\u2019s current playoff run.<\/p>\n

Although, they did have some insider information on what kind of person Greene was.<\/p>\n

General<\/a> manager Lou Lamoriello gave Greene his first shot in the NHL when he signed the then-23-year-old undrafted defenseman in 2006 when he was with the Devils. Lamoriello, now with the Isles, then pursued Greene eight days before the trade deadline this year to bolster a defense that had lost Adam Pelech to an Achilles injury, giving him somewhat of a second career with a new team.<\/p>\n

Greene recorded his second goal of the playoffs in Saturday night\u2019s 4-0 victory over the Flyers in Game<\/a> 7, giving him four points so far this postseason. The second-period tally put the Isles up 2-0 as they went on to pitch their third shutout inside the Toronto bubble.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt seems like the trade deadline was 10 years ago at this point,\u201d Greene said on a Zoom call following the win Saturday night. \u201cYou know, obviously I had control of the situation with the no trade [clause] and I was only going to do it for certain situations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the one, the team that I thought we would be where we are today. I honestly did believe that. It was an easy decision for me. I couldn\u2019t be prouder of this team and how we\u2019ve battled in everything we\u2019ve had to go through since February. But it\u2019s exciting and I\u2019m really looking forward to the next series<\/a> here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Greene has started in every game for the Islanders except for Game 1 of the play-in series with the Florida Panthers. Islanders head coach Barry Trotz had said he felt strongly about giving the \u201ctraditional\u201d Islanders the first crack at the playoffs, but Johnny Boychuk fell victim to a late hit and he was suddenly unavailable for Game 2.<\/p>\n

Insert Greene.<\/p>\n

Notching an assist in his Islanders playoff debut, Greene was cemented into the lineup. And even after Boychuk was said to be healthy and available at the start of the second-round series against the Washington Capitals, Trotz elected to stay with Greene.<\/p>\n

Boychuk currently has the most Game 7 experience of any Islanders player on the roster with eight games and still, Trotz stuck with Greene in Saturday\u2019s Eastern Conference finals-clinching Game 7 victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cJohnny started, got hurt, Andy came in and did a really good job and we like where we are there,\u201d Trotz said prior to Game 1 against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday afternoon. \u201cYou\u2019ve got a guy like Johnny Boychuk who is all in. That, to me, is the mentality of if it were the other way around and Greeney was not playing and Johnny was, you\u2019d probably have the same response and the same buy-in.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re just all team guys and good players and that\u2019s one of the things that insight has allowed us is that Andy Greene has fit in really well for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Greene registered just three goals in 50 playoff games as a Devil, now he has two goals and two assists and a plus-six rating in 15 games for the Islanders. The right fit indeed.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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