After missing the end of last season with a kneecap injury that required surgery, Mat Barzal said Monday he is good to go heading into training camp.

Barzal, who told a group of reporters at the NHL’s media tour in Las Vegas last week that “you potentially never feel back at 100 percent” with injuries like the one he suffered, struck a different tone at the Islanders’ annual golf outing speaking to beat reporters for the first time this year.

“When you have an injury like the one I did, you can go two ways with it mentally,” Barzal said.

“You can kinda sulk in it, let it own you, and it did early on. Watching it, it kills you at times, but then you flip a switch and you put everything into rehab and getting better.

“So, it’s more so just mental. It’s fully healed, it’s good to go. Ther

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