Ryan Pulock Returns

As we know the New York Islanders recently hired a new head coach to help them turn their season around. There are a few other key details that are helping them get that ball rolling. Ryan Pulock was just brought back from long term injury reserve. He had an injury on Dec. 7 against the Columbus Blue Jackets and missed 24 games before last Sunday’s practice.

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Adam Pelech may also be making a return very soon after skating in Sunday’s practice. Ryan Pulock was activated off the long-term injured reserve, in a major boost to the Islanders. To facilitate Pulock’s $6.15 million salary coming off the long-term injury reserve, the Islanders moved Casey Cizikas (upper body) and Robert Bortuzzo (lower body) to the long-term injured reserve. When all of the Islanders are healthy, they will have to do some maneuvering with the salary cap.

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Islanders coach Patrick Roy told reporters Sunday, “If we drop their ice time to 20, 25 minutes and we increase those [of Pelech and Pulock, I think it’s gonna be better. And I think they’re not gonna be as tired going on the ice and I think that’s gonna help our team tremendously.”

“It was good to have Noah and Rommy get a lot of ice time, I think it helped in their development. But right now having those two guys back, playing against top lines as well, I think makes our team better.”

They even won their game last night against the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2. It is looking like there is light at the end of the tunnel for the Islanders and maybe they are turning over a new leaf for this season.