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

Isles coach, as his first training camp nears, revealed why top goaltender Ilya Sorokin won't be ready for camp.

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, where he is fighting to make the Islanders off a professional tryout contract,

The shrill sound of a whistle from Patrick Roy’s mouth has begun. He doesn’t even use a real whistle, mind you. All natural sound. Nevertheless, day one of the Islanders training camp is underway.

Matt Martin is in unknown territory as he prepares for his 16th NHL season. The long-time fourth-liner and a core piece of the New York Islanders for the better part of the last decade and a half arrived to the first day of training camp without a contract — general manager