PITTSBURGH — From the first day of training camp, Jonathan Drouin and Bo Horvat have been stapled together on the second line, just the way Horvat and Mat Barzal used to be. Isles coach Patrick Roy’s ...

New York Islanders No. 1 overall pick Matthew Schaefer is working hard this summer to crack the big squad this fall. Former NHLer Mark Giordano is his trainer and has been working alongside Islanders ...

While there are fair arguments for both to make the roster or not when it is announced ahead of the Dec. 31 deadline, neither was taking the lack of direct communication as meaning anything.