Mat Barzal didn’t make it a secret how miserable it was for him to watch the Islanders slip out of the playoff race, unable to do anything about it. The 27-year-old from Coquitlam, British ...

But their other pending free agent, Kyle Palmieri, stayed put ... they would get even younger to build a core around Mathew Barzal and Bo Horvat. The NHL’s salary cap is slated to rise by ...

Mathew Barzal was candid on Islanders Clean Out Day about the two injuries he sustained this season, limiting him to just 30 games. “It was long, felt like endless hours rehabbing,” Barzal said.

Mathew Barzal missed the season’s final 10 weeks after undergoing kneecap surgery, and without him the Islanders suffered a disastrous finish. Corey Sipkin for New York Post The Isles lost five ...