The New York Islanders opened the on-ice portion of 2021 training camp of 38 players with all of their regulars except the unsigned Mathew Barzal, plus a bushel of extras who are candidates for the taxi squad and/or the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, who now find themselves in a three-team division for a most unusual 2021 season.
While the NHL announced official start times for the season’s schedule, here are some key topics after Day 1 of Islanders camp:
Practice? We Talking About Practice?
We are still in a pandemic, preparing for a condensed 56-game season, with altered rosters, divisions and farm teams, so the usual caveats about the opening days of training camp apply.