Islanders goaltender Thomas Greiss stops Flyers left wing Claude Giroux during first-period NHL Stanley Cup Eastern Conference playoff action in Toronto on Saturday. Credit: AP/Frank Gunn
Throughout the postseason, anytime Islanders coach Barry Trotz was asked about his goaltenders, he said he was fortunate to have two good ones. He said there wasn't a bad decision to be made in choosing either Semyon Varlamov or Thomas Greiss.
But Trotz did concede Saturday, before his team took on the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 7 of their playoff series in Toronto, that having to choose at all did make it harder on him as a coach.