Kyle Okposo smiled and shook his head, knowing this isn’t the last time he’s going to be asked the question.
“I’m not talking contracts,” he told The Post in a quiet moment on Thursday at the Islanders’ practice facility in Syosset, L.I. “That’s not going to be a distraction this year. I’m not even thinking about it.”
It was only a half-truth, with training camp a time when the big picture can at least be glimpsed before the full-on grind of the season begins. And when it does, when the defending Stanley Cup champions Blackhawks come to Brooklyn and anoint Barclays Center with its first regular-season game as the home of the Islanders on Oct.