Islanders head coach Barry Trotz talks with players during an NHL summer training camp session at Northwell Health Ice Center on Thursday, July 23, 2020. Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke
Barry Trotz isn’t ready to bring in a psychologist to coax more offense from his top trio of Mathew Barzal, Anders Lee and Jordan Eberle as the Islanders prepare to face the Capitals in a best-of-seven first-round playoff series.
In fact, after watching how the line performed in the Islanders’ clinching, 5-1, Game 4 win over the Panthers in their best-of-five qualifying series, Trotz is confident his top line can be more productive offensively.