The New York Islanders have used the preseason to see which players could play a crucial part during the year, and one player that has stood out is Cal Ritchie. He was making strides the past few weeks, but that stopped in their preseason finale when he had to exit the game due to a lower-body injury.

Head coach Patrick Roy shared an update on Ritchie after the finale.

“Day to day,” Roy said. “He’ll see our doctor tomorrow.”

The Islanders already have four solidified centermen on their roster, but the way that Ritchie has been playing the past few weeks, he has been making it hard for them to keep him off the team.

“There’s gonna be important decisions for us to make, but I’m very happy with him,” Roy said. “Whatever decision we’re gonna make, he did what he had to do to make a

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