{"id":959707,"date":"2019-10-04T23:22:25","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T04:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=959707"},"modified":"2019-10-05T07:41:21","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T12:41:21","slug":"dobson-sits-out-isles-season-opening-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/dobson-sits-out-isles-season-opening-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Dobson sits out Isles season opening loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UNIONDALE, N.Y. &#8212;\u00a0<\/strong>Noah Dobson was on the ice for warmups, but when the game started he was watching from afar.<\/p>\n<p>The Islanders opted to go with a veteran over the young defenseman in their season-opening 2-1 loss to the Washington Capitals. Dobson wasn&#8217;t expected to play on Friday after he skated with the extras at the morning skate.<\/p>\n[lawrence-related id=959631,959707,959625]\n<p>Dobson, selected 12th overall in 2018, made the team out of training camp. Johnny Boychuk played in his place and saw 21:15 of ice time.<\/p>\n<p>Islanders head coach Barry Trotz said the decision was partially based on the opponent and partially on the fact he is nursing an unknown soreness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s going to be playing,&#8221; Trotz said adamantly before the game. &#8220;We&#8217;ll have a good plan and that plan will be internal. He will get proper reps, proper ice time, proper training. All that so that he can develop.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re not going to do anything that&#8217;s going to stifle his development.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Islanders were put in a tough position due to Dobson&#8217;s age. 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