Mat Barzal, Semyon Varlamov expect to be ready for Islanders training camp

The best news out of breakup day for the Islanders: Mat Barzal and Semyon Varlamov both expect to be ready for training camp in September. 

Neither player — both of whom underwent knee surgery, though for different issues — has begun skating as yet, but both sounded positive notes about their rehab processes ahead of what will be a long summer. 

“I expect to be ready for next season,” said Varlamov, who didn’t play after Black Friday. “Everything is going well with the rehab and then the physiotherapy. Everything we do now, the main focus for me is to finish the rehab hopefully soon and have a good summer training, and then I get ready for training camp. That’s the main goal.”