Josh Ho-Sang vents all his Islanders frustration

Josh Ho-Sang has been buried at AHL Bridgeport for most of the season, while the Islanders have floundered out of playoff contention.

But the polarizing winger hasn’t been shy about voicing his frustrations with the whole ordeal.

“I love those guys [the Islanders], I want to make that clear,” Ho-Sang told The Athletic this week.

“I know they’re working hard. But I got sent down for defense and what are they in goals against in the NHL?” Ho-Sang said of a team that is dead last in that category. “I only played [22] games up there this year. I don’t think it’s my fault. They really painted it like it was my fault at the beginning of the year and I didn’t like that.

“I do have things I need to work on down here, my game is far from perfect. It can constantly improve. But I do think a lot of the stuff was unwarranted, especially in terms of the rope that other people were given. I understand I have a history and that might be a factor. I don’t know. But it’s frustrating to me.”

The 22-year-old started the season with the Islanders and played 22 games with the club before getting sent back to Bridgeport for good in December. He had two goals and 10 assists at the time of his demotion, as the organization wanted to find consistency in his game beyond his offensive skills.

Meanwhile, the Islanders’ defensive struggles have continued, allowing the most goals in the NHL (279) and wasting a dynamic offense as they miss the playoffs for the second straight year.

On the day he was scratched from an AHL game for the first time in January, Ho-Sang told The Post he felt like he was “burning years off my NHL career.” He has one year left on his entry-level contract.

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In 41 games with the Sound Tigers, Ho-Sang has eight goals and 18 assists while missing some time with injuries. But as plenty of teammates around him in Bridgeport got the call to Brooklyn — including forwards Tanner Fritz, Michael Dal Colle and Ross Johnston — Ho-Sang stayed put.

“I feel like I’ve played games of substance and I’ve done well,” the 2014 first-round pick said. “More importantly, the team’s done well with me there. If you’re going to tell me that I’m bad defensively, I do this, I do that, but you win more than you lose with me in the lineup.”

The Islanders are 24-15-4 across two seasons with Ho-Sang in their lineup, but general manager Garth Snow evidently has not seen enough to warrant a longer stay.

“Josh has to learn how to be reliable not only on the ice but off the ice,” Snow told The Athletic. “He’s going to be held accountable like every other player in this organization and that’s why he’s in Bridgeport.”

Bridgeport coach Brent Thompson told The Post in January that Ho-Sang was “immature and he’s got a lot of growing to do,” but he was excited about his upside.

The only question seems to be whether the Islanders will get to see that upside play out themselves.

“There were some comments about me when I wasn’t in the NHL, so I wasn’t affecting the team, but they were focused on my defense and my turnovers …” Ho-Sang said. “Look, if you’re going to send me down because of defense, it’d be nice to see other people be held accountable. That’s all.”