Patrick Roy lamented several times last season as the Islanders missed the playoffs for the second time in four years that he should have put more emphasis on special teams during training camp.

So the coach plans to make the most of his mulligan.

Training camp opens on Thursday at Northwell Health Ice Center in East Meadow — the main attraction being No. 1 overall pick Matthew Schaefer — and Roy said special teams work will begin on Day 3 rather than the second week.

“Last year, the main thing was maybe more conditioning,” said Roy, whose frequent, rink-length “whammies” skates were a staple last September. “I think I’m going to try to get a little bit away from that and work more on a team structure. I don’t think you’ll be surprised with my next answer: I’m going to look for the po

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