{"id":570196,"date":"2026-05-08T20:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/570196\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T20:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T20:09:15","slug":"islanders-news-ryan-pulock-undergoes-shoulder-surgery-gets-recovery-timeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/570196\/","title":{"rendered":"Islanders news: Ryan Pulock undergoes shoulder surgery, gets recovery timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan Pulock was a warrior for the <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nhl\/new-york-islanders\/3-reasons-why-islanders-missed-2026-stanley-cup-playoffs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Islanders this season<\/a>, battling through a shoulder injury for most of the campaign but playing in 76 of the team&#8217;s 82 games. He finished the year with 27 points, averaging a little under 21 minutes per game, and a +9 rating, his best since the 2022-23 season. Pulock plays against the other team&#8217;s best players for the Islanders, which is why his return <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ethan_sears\/status\/2052826588849283302\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">next season<\/a> is important, according to Ethan Sears via X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRyan Pulock opted to have shoulder surgery, a team spokesman tells me. He&#8217;ll be ready in time for training camp,\u201d Sears reported.<\/p>\n<p>Pulock spent most of the season playing alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nhl\/nhl-stories\/nhl-news-matthew-schaefer-ivan-demidov-among-finalists-calder-trophy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Calder Trophy finalist Matthew Schaefer<\/a>, totaling 817 minutes. Pulock is the perfect pairing for the offensively-minded Schaefer, as he gives him a stay-at-home option for the young blueliner. The Islanders will want Schaefer to be as comfortable as possible in his second season, as he transitions toward being one of the best defenders in the league.<\/p>\n<p>Pulock is heading into his 12th season with the Islanders, spending his entire career with New York. He has four years remaining on a deal that pays him $6.15 million annually, a great deal for someone who can be a constant presence next to Schaefer.<\/p>\n<p>The Islanders narrowly missed the Stanley Cup Playoffs this season, but are hopeful that the <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nhl\/new-york-islanders\/islanders-news-how-long-peter-deboers-contract-after-ny-hire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hiring of Pete DeBoer<\/a> will elevate them into a spot next season. With Pulock back at full health and any other additions they make this offseason, their chances are looking much better.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Pulock was a warrior for the New York Islanders this season, battling through a shoulder injury for most of the campaign but playing in 76 of the team&#8217;s 82 games.  He finished the year with 27 points, averaging a little under 21 minutes per game, and a +9 rating, his best since the 2022-23 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Pulock was a warrior for the New York Islanders this season, battling through a shoulder injury for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":570197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5110],"tags":[5,122,3328,159,5190,5189,4,7901],"class_list":["post-570196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-islanders","tag-hockey","tag-islanders","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-islanders","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkislanders","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-injury"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116540772468871360","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=570196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/570196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/570197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=570196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=570196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=570196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}