The Islanders’ fifth-round pick in 2020 got on a lot of people’s radar with a 116-point QMJHL season in 2021-22, and he had a successful first AHL season last year, with 48 points for Bridgeport. It’s no secret that Dufour’s skating has been the biggest question mark hanging over his game. “What do we want to improve? I said my skating, my explosiveness, my first step,” Dufour recalled Thursday.
When William Dufour sat down with his trainer at the start of the summer, one item was at the top of the agenda.Īfter the summer of 2022 amounted to an abbreviated offseason, with Dufour playing in the Memorial Cup and the COVID-affected World Junior Championships, this was his first chance since he turned pro to put some down time to use. Mathew Barzal-less Islanders use balanced attack to nip Panthers Islanders finding their solution to bottom-six logjam Islanders aiming to make most of two playoff contender wins
