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How Islanders’ Kyle Okposo is approaching his contract season

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.