Maybe, upon seeing the Islanders’ net empty for a defensive zone faceoff with 43 seconds to go in Tuesday’s loss to the Maple Leafs, you thought Patrick Roy had lost his mind.
Maybe you didn’t hate it so much — the Islanders are one of the best faceoff teams in the league, they needed a goal and if they’d won the draw with Ilya Sorokin in net, it would’ve been four-on-five thanks to Noah Dobson’s late penalty.
Maybe, like Leafs coach Craig Berube, the overriding thought was how bizarre a move it was more than anything else.
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