Vitek Vanecek making case to be third goalie as Islanders weigh Semyon Varlamov’s health risk

Source: New York Post

Vitek Vanecek is in the unenviable position of having his fate largely out of his control. The netminder, who signed with the Islanders on a one-year, $1 million deal this offseason, doesn’t need to beat out Semyon Varlamov so much as he needs the organization to decide that carrying a third goaltender on the roster is necessary due to the combined risk of Varlamov’s health and losing Vanecek on waivers. That was more or less acknowledged outright by coach Pete DeBoer following Sunday’s 2-1 preseason defeat to the Devils, in which Vanecek played the duration and turned aside 20 shots.