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Islanders coach Barry Trotz opts to start Thomas Greiss in net in Game 7

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.