"Today was about fundamentals," Roy said at Northwell Health Ice Center in East Meadow. "There's one part in our game that I think needs to improve. It's the compete level."
"That's the culture we want to have. We want a team that works hard. That's what I said to our guys, 'Every time we're going to put our skates on the ice, we're going to work hard. We're going to be ready to out-compete whoever we're going to play. That's the DNA you want to have as a team."
"The thing is, this iteration of Islanders have always considered their identity to be a hard-working team with a high compete level. Having a new coach saying otherwise as he works on the team's c...
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