Islanders' Ryan Pulock doesn't want to rush back to play

Islanders defenseman Ryan Pulock skates against the Vancouver Canucks in the first period of an NHL hockey game at Barclays Center on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020. Credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke

Ryan Pulock understands there are myriad challenges to restarting the NHL season, which has been on pause since March 12 because of the COVID-19 outbreak. Certainly, the Islanders defenseman wants to play again.

But not by putting hockey ahead of other concerns.

“I would think if we do get back to playing, there’s going to be some restrictions there,” Pulock told Newsday on Tuesday. “I can’t see the buildings being full, or fans at all. So, I would think it would be more important to kind of salvage next…