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.

With the New York Islanders hitting the ice for day one of training camp on Thursday, Stefen Rosner hosted an X space on Wednesday evening to set the stage and answer your questions.

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,

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