Day three of Islanders training camp is here, and the intensity has only continued to ramp up. There was even more physicality and intensity throughout today’s scrimmage (which finished tied 4-4).

Patrick Roy wasted no time in his first training camp as Islanders coach. The first drill on Thursday morning was run by the Isles’ presumptive top line for 2024-25, with Anthony Duclair and Mathew Barzal flanking Bo Horvat.

Ryan Pulock, still trying to catch his breath after Day 1 of Patrick Roy’s first training camp with the Islanders ended with a grueling endurance skating drill that even left the always-energetic Mathew Barzal sitting on the ice trying to recover, was discussing Matt Martin.

The shrill sound of a whistle from Patrick Roy’s mouth has begun. He doesn’t even use a real whistle, mind you. All natural sound. Nevertheless, day one of the Islanders training camp is underway. The team’s drills are the same as those from rookie camp,

And, he said, being in the Islanders dressing room with the same group he’s played with for years felt mostly the same. But the circumstances around Martin’s training camp, where he is fighting to make the Islanders off a professional tryout contract,

Training camp opens on Thursday. Here are five pressing questions before the Islanders open their regular season against Utah at UBS Arena on Oct. 10: