EXCLUSIVE: Islanders Barzal Loving Vibes & The Schaefer ‘Dance’
Barzal talks to Stefen Rosner about the incredible vibes around the team right now, why the belief is so high and just how much it is playing with Matthew Schaefer.
LOS ANGELES — When I spoke with New York Islanders forward Mathew Barzal early in the season, I asked him about what it was like playing with No. 1 overall pick Matthew Schaefer.
“It’s been pretty natural so far, just reading off each other. I want to give him the puck, and I think when we get dancing, we’re pretty dangerous.”
Flash-forward to now, and the two are dancing on the ice, and the Islanders are winning hockey games.
I caught up with Barzal following their Tuesday practice in Anaheim to talk about Schaefer’s effect on and off the ice: