{"id":69738,"date":"2020-09-17T23:40:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T20:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-islanders-playoff-run-has-been-huge-for-ilya-sorokin\/"},"modified":"2020-09-17T23:40:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T20:40:47","slug":"how-islanders-playoff-run-has-been-huge-for-ilya-sorokin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-islanders-playoff-run-has-been-huge-for-ilya-sorokin\/","title":{"rendered":"#How Islanders\u2019 playoff run has been huge for Ilya Sorokin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#How Islanders\u2019 playoff run has been huge for Ilya Sorokin<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or TV series visit the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n                        The Islanders showed just how much they value team camaraderie when they used a playoff roster spot on recently signed goaltender Ilya Sorokin.<\/p>\n<p>Even though Sorokin, the organization\u2019s 78th-overall pick in 2014 who signed an entry-level contract and then a one-year extension in July, is ineligible to play this postseason, Isles management evidently felt it was more important to begin integrating him into the team rather than utilizing the roster spot on someone who could add depth to the lineup.<\/p>\n<p>And according to head coach Barry Trotz, the 25-year-old Sorokin has taken that head start on building chemistry with his new teammates and ran with it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEspecially for a guy like Sorokin coming in, he\u2019s been diligent,\u201d Trotz said on a Zoom call prior to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a> 6 against the Tampa Bay Lightning Thursday night. \u201cFrom an organizational standpoint, he\u2019s working with our goaltending coaches all the days, he\u2019s taking English lessons daily, with a tutor and learning that, and he\u2019s getting English all day and hanging out and getting the personalities. From a standpoint of integration, if you\u2019re a player coming in, there couldn\u2019t be a better situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no pressure to play, we have two very popular goalies in [Semyon] Varlamov and [Thomas] Greiss. With Ilya\u2019s background, that could create some tension. It has created zero tension, and you find out what a terrific person he is and how he\u2019s integrated with the other players. He\u2019s fit in seamlessly.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16313220\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone aligncenter\"><img class=\"size-nypost-large-desktop-uncropped wp-image-16313220 lazyload\" alt=\"Islanders Ilya Sorokin NHL bubble\" width=\"662\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Islanders-Ilya-Sorokin.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Islanders-Ilya-Sorokin.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Islanders-Ilya-Sorokin.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Islanders-Ilya-Sorokin.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=662 662w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Islanders-Ilya-Sorokin.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1324 1324w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 662px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Despite not playing, the NHL bubble has been massive for Islanders goalie Ilya Sorokin.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">NHLI via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Islanders were gearing up to leave for the Toronto bubble when Lou Lamoriello addressed the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> after signing Sorokin for the remainder of the 2019-20 season, which essentially nullified his ELC and allowed the team to sign him to a one-year, $2 million contract extension for the 2020-21 season. The Islanders <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> manager made it clear that he didn\u2019t want the goaltending prodigy to steal the current team\u2019s limelight in the playoffs, but his new teammates have had nothing but positive things to relay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s awesome,\u201d said Michael Dal Colle, who has primarily worked with the secondary practice group of reserves that includes Sorokin. \u201cHe\u2019s a really hard-working guy. When he got here, obviously he didn\u2019t really know anyone. He\u2019s worked a lot off-ice, on his English. He\u2019s adjusted really well and he works hard in practice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both Trotz and Matt Martin, who\u2019s been with the Islanders for nine of his 11 seasons in the NHL, agreed that chemistry has been one of the team\u2019s strengths long before this run to the Eastern Conference finals. But it\u2019s been easy to see how much it\u2019s grown with the isolation of the NHL\u2019s bubbles.<\/p>\n<p>From the ping pong tournament that captured the attention of all NHL fans to Varlamov\u2019s belly-flop slide into the celebration after their Game 6 double overtime win Tuesday night, the Islanders are having fun.<\/p>\n<p>But what\u2019s made the cohesiveness of this Islanders club all the more impressive is how instrumental Lamoriello\u2019s trade deadline additions have become to the team\u2019s chemistry. Trotz believes Andy Greene, acquired from the Devils on Feb. 16, acts like he\u2019s been an Islander his entire 14-year NHL career and it was Jean-Gabriel Pageau, acquired from the Senators and signed to a six-year deal on Feb. 24, who emerged as champion of the ping pong tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis group loves to hangout together, this group are best friends,\u201d Trotz said. \u201cYou don\u2019t see these three guys go with these three guys, everybody is intermingled. 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