Anthony Duclair: his attitude has changed and he’s ready to play again for Patrick Roy

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Crédit: TAMPA, FL - MARCH 29: Anthony Duclair #11 of the New York Islanders against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Arena on March 29, 2025 in Tampa, Florida (Photo by Mark LoMoglio/NHLI via Getty Images)

Everyone remembers how, at the end of the 2024-2025 season, Patrick Roy had planted Québécois Anthony Duclair in front of the media, hadn’t he?The ebullient coach had said, after one game, that Duclair had been bad and that he could be lucky to simply have the chance to be in the line-up.

Duclair then left the Islanders’ entourage for the end of the season, which no longer meant anything in New York due to the fact that the club wasn’t going to make the playoffs. Duclair and Roy, who met with the Remparts in the QMJHL, obviously need to mend fences. Roy said this summer that he’d gone too far and wanted to apologize. Has this been done?Interestingly ,Roy gave an interview on The Big Ceaz Show podcast. We suspected he wasn’t going to leave the club forever, but seeing him looking forward shows he’s ready to turn the page and start playing again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxixUCT_AF8 [content-ads]But as Agence QMI reported in a piece on the subject, Duclair’s interview didn’t mention his relationship with Roy. There are two possibilities as to why this wasn’t a topic on the podcast

  • The host forgot to mention it or chose not to.
  • The host was told not to talk about Patrick Roy.

Since I find it hard to believe that this isn’t the first question any host would want to ask him under the circumstances, I wonder what the relationship between the two men is like right now. What’s it going to be like this year? [spacer title=’en rafale’] –Wow.– Interesting.– News on the Ottawa arena project. [BPM Sports] – Nice.