Ryan Pulock, still trying to catch his breath after Day 1 of Patrick Roy’s first training camp with the Islanders ended with a grueling endurance skating drill that even left the always-energetic Mathew Barzal sitting on the ice trying to recover, was discussing Matt Martin.

Patrick Roy started off his first Islanders training camp with a new trio on the top line and a throwback on the third.

As the 2024-25 Islanders set to open training camp, make sure to keep an eye on prospects Calle Odelius, Danny Nelson, and William Dufour.

The way Matt Martin’s free agency went, he said, wasn’t a surprise. And, he said, being in the Islanders dressing room with the same group he’s played with for years felt mostly the same. But the circumstances around Martin’s training camp,