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Alexander Romanov could probably give Noah Dobson some good advice right about now.<\/p>\n
This season has been played on two tracks for Romanov: one in which he\u2019s further established himself as a top-pair defenseman for the Islanders and a pivotal piece of their future, regardless of which way the franchise goes; and another in which he\u2019s missed games over four separate stints due to upper-body injuries and a one-game illness absence, getting back from the latest last Saturday.<\/p>\n
The temporary good news that the Islanders had their top pair reunited was, of course, undercut by Dobson getting hurt one game later \u2014 a presumed right leg injury that the Islanders designated as week-to-week on Thursday, while clarifying that Dobson won\u2019t need surgery.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s probably the worst [thing] a player can have is injuries,\u201d Romanov said following Thursday\u2019s practice, reflecting on his own season. \u201cYou\u2019re in shape, you play good, 10 or 11 games at the start of the season, then you get injured. The hardest part, to get injured in the first part of the season, after 10 games, when everyone is starting to roll up. Building team, building chemistry between pairs or lines and you get injured \u2026 and you jump back and you have to try to be in the same level as your team. So it\u2019s like waves. You\u2019re in great shape, and then you fall off.\u201d<\/p>\n
With the Islanders\u2019 playoff hopes hanging by a thread, Romanov and Scott Mayfield \u2014 who will spell Dobson on the top pair \u2014 will be shouldering a huge burden starting with Friday\u2019s match at UBS Arena against the Flyers.<\/p>\n
Both players have put up strong seasons to this point \u2014 Mayfield\u2019s resurgence after a brutal 2023-24 campaign is one of the more under-discussed topics around the Islanders \u2014 but the two last played together as a pair in the 2022-23 season, and as top pairs go, it will lack severely for offense. So will the Islanders\u2019 back end as a whole. Without Dobson, Ryan Pulock is the club\u2019s only defenseman who has double-digit points.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe key for us right now is just making sure our guys play their way,\u201d coach Patrick Roy said. \u201cNo one is here to replace Noah. Everybody has to play their own game and focus on what needs to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n
The good news \u2014 sort of \u2014 is that Romanov isn\u2019t worried about a recurrence of his injury. <\/p>\n
He clarified Thursday that what\u2019s kept him out this season is not the same shoulder issue that required surgery during the summer of 2023 but an unspecified broken bone.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s behind me, yeah,\u201d he said. \u201cFor sure.\u201d<\/p>\n
Still, this figures to be a major test for Romanov and Mayfield.<\/p>\n
For all the talk on social media criticizing Dobson this season, Romanov has been helped by Dobson just as much as vice versa. <\/p>\n
As a pair, the two have a 53.14 expected goals rate while the Islanders have outscored the opposition 20-17 during their five-on-five minutes, per Natural Stat Trick.<\/p>\n
In 200:21 of ice without Dobson, Romanov\u2019s expected goals rate has dropped to 45.89.<\/p>\n
As for Mayfield, he\u2019s spent much of the season on the third pair, and 48.82 percent of his faceoffs have come in the offensive zone. He\u2019s responded to that well, but his minutes are about to get much less sheltered.<\/p>\n
All things considered, the Islanders, who have dealt with injuries to every other member of their top four this season, are relatively well-equipped to handle losing Dobson. <\/p>\n
That doesn\u2019t make it easy, nor does it help that they can\u2019t afford to tread water in the standings. They need to make up ground. Now.<\/p>\n
\u201cDoesn\u2019t matter who\u2019s hurt,\u201d Romanov said. \u201cDobby, of course, is a huge loss for the team and for me as well. But it\u2019s not over, you know. We still keep playing and we still will do as much as we can to win.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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