In order to understand how the islanders are in the past two weeks, the defense is prosperous instead of self -combustion -The seven games in Florida have been injured, but the seven games ended on Sunday in Florida. Help to fix it -start with Alexander Romanov.
The 25 -year -old Russian is right now. This looks like a breakout.
In the last 10 games of Romanov, he has average at 25:06 on ice while he is on the ice with 5 to 5 goals.
He created hits and shot blocks to change multiple games, seamlessly integrated with Tony Deangelo, and became an important part of the penalty kill club's turnaround.
He is not an aggressive player, but has won seven points during that period, and the islanders have lost only one of the past 10 games he played.
“Romy is playing very physical play. Director Patrick Roy said after winning the Lightning with Romanov's ankle on Saturday. He said,” He is physical, packed. I am very happy to play well.
Ran Romanov is currently keeping a player like Carolina's Jaccob Slavin. It is another left -handed defense. end.
Romanov worked through his hands throughout the season, improving his pack, but his contribution on the other side of the ice made him a very important work for the islanders.
NOAH DOBSON, Ryan Pulock, and now Scottmayfield have been injured within the past few weeks, so the islands' back lines have almost collapsed. However, Romanov was constant, heavy, and rarely made a mistake in skating.
The timing is not only important for the islanders, but also the benefits of Romanov, a free agent limited to this summer. He is set to significantly increase his salary limit, and Romanov is lined up for a large -scale salary because Romanov is better than the current $ 2.5 million salary.
The islanders must be more than paying.
Ilya Sorokin was selected for NHL's first Star of the Week after winning all three starts last week. He won six straight starts.
The islanders did not practice on Monday after returning from Florida.
