#mathieu-darche

#mathieu-darche

Yet despite the chaos, Darche insists he never felt overwhelmed. The reason, he says, comes back to his six years spent working alongside Julien BriseBois in Tampa Bay. "Learning from Julien all those years, I felt prepared," Darche told Pierre LeBrun in The Athletic. "Was it a lot? Yes. But I enjoyed the grind of it. That's what you want to do."

The Islanders continue to unveil much more of an open-door policy than they've had in the past, providing fans access to training camp practices and morning skates.