Looking back, both sides admit there was miscommunication.

Islanders coach Patrick Roy deeply regrets calling out Anthony Duclair for “godawful” play late last season, prompting the mercurial wing to ask for a leave of absence . And Duclair knows he should have articulated better how much his skating was compromised after an injury five games into the season that “tore my groin right off the bone.”

Roy went to Montreal during the offseason to apologize in person to Duclair and both said on Monday at Glen Oaks Country Club in Old Westbury prior to the team’s annual charity golf outing that the matter was well behind them.

“He drove to Montreal, which I really appreciated,” Duclair said. “He apologized for his comments. I told him I didn’t need an apology. I just need him to know I w

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