The Carolina Hurricanes are starting to RUN AWAY in their 1st round series vs the New York Islanders, and in Game 3 Ilya Sorokin came out and once again fell flat…
It wasn’t close to the first time that’s happened this season either, as Ilya Sorokin has been experiencing the worst season of his NHL career…
But what’s happened to Sorokin’s game? What explains the sudden dip? How much has it hurt his team this season? And could we see the Islanders TRADING Sorokin after signing him to his massive 8-year extension? Let’s find out with highlights, game analysis & more!
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Ilya Sorokin's future with the Islanders is getting strange to say the least… What are YOUR thoughts on Sorokin's game this year? Do YOU think the Islanders should trade him? Let me know #GravGang!!
It’s SOrOVER
Bolts getting swept 🤝 Isles getting swept
He was always overrated and once the team defensive style changed it exposed him
Sorkins getting traded for sure
He’s just trying to pull a DiPietro 😈
I would say you can give these how to score 101s to literally every single goalie in the NHL. The average NHL save percentage this year was .903%.
Głębia okazanego zrozumienia poniża i przypomina mi o ogromie ludzkiego intelektu.🐱
Sorry but it’s 100% the fatigue not just this year but several. He’s not exposed lol he’s just off. Lambert couldn’t coach for shit Patrick Roy plays a different system entirely. 1st goal burns was deflected by the way. 2nd goal screened by his own player could’ve saved it 3rd one definitely on him
maybe playing fir Roy as a goalie is Fuckin sorokin up.. Roy has a big personality and knows everything about hockey..
Make a video about the Stars. They’re pissing me off I had them in the finals
I'm a Canes fan and he only gave up 3 goals before he got pulled. There were some defensive lapses that left him stranded. Find it crazy he got pulled that quickly but those first 2 goals weren't entirely on him.
Lou send him to San Jose please for Vitek swap out.
After watching Sorokin for years, his biggest problem is his rebound control. He lets some softies in, but if he doesn’t get the rebounds under control he will crumble. He needs to work with a coach 24/7 over the summer entirely on his rebounds.
So Sorokin is playing to what he expects to happen vs. what actually happens is giving up bad rebounds, and doesn’t adjust to screens well.
Why is this a Sorokin problem? Put bodies in front of most goalies and they are going to give up rebounds if they cannot track the puck in traffic. A goalie can get in position and anticipate, but they can't see what they can't see. Maybe its the Islanders defense not shutting down shooting lanes allowing the puck to get through all of those bodies that is the problem. Maybe it is relying to much on blocking shots and not on controlling the puck on the opponents side of the ice. Maybe the best defense is a better offense. One last thing, why do so many people pronounce Zibanejad as Zabinijad? That's not his name.
you can't really pay goalies!!
He's definitely having an off year but I feel like this is typical for goalies. He has one of the best coaches in the league to address and help him improve his issues. Hopefully he'll get a very detailed training regimen for the summer, go home for a few weeks, don't think about hockey, come back to US and train, train, train. Don't stay in Russia where there's distractions with friends, family, war, etc.
Listen. I am a Ranger fan and absolutely HATE the asslanders. But this is not a good take. Yes he had a bad game, but lets face it. The asslanders don't really play solid defense either. Too many easy neutral zone entries, too many defensive chases, forwards lazy in the defensive zone, & not very physical in front of the net. I hope they trade him cause he deserves better…
Hasn't been the Same Since Kent Johnson hit that Michigan on Him
You just never can tell with goalies. A couple of years ago, I drafted a goalie tandem of Andrei Vasilevsky and Jusse Saros, thinking I'd be set for years. They're respectively a .900 (24th) and .906 (16th) this year in SV% (among goalies playing 41+ games). I'm glad I drafted Jordan Binnington “just for fun” this year!
It’s just a down year for him, it’s tough to dominate every year plus the islanders are actively just a bad team they work hard but they’re not good, he’ll Bounce back next year. Idk who is saying trade him but it’s not like they can rebuild anyway
Another indictment on the Lane Lambert regime. When Lambert was still coaching, he was facing on average 40 shots a game. That really started to take a toll on his game and he's been mentally broken since January. Why it took so long for them to hand the reigns to Varlamov and let Ilya mentally reset is beyond me.
the biggest problem is how he acted after he got pulled from game he sat in the tunnel and sulked. for the last years varlamov has been his mentor and biggest supporter all while he was losing his number 1 job to him. he should of been on bench supporting varly and the rest of his team. last night was not a good look for him
Cough cough, Gets traded to Avs next season
Sorokin makes the impossible save look routine, and the routine save look impossible.
haha isles suck
So the things that all teams use to score against good goalies work against Sorokin as well?
Save percentage was low across the league this year and .909 is above league average, no? This, to me, looks more like the Islanders are worse defensively in front of Sorokin than in the past. They're unable to move opposing players out of Sorokin's sight line or tie up opponents from potting rebounds.
It goes to show you how much coaching scheme and team defense can impact goaltending as well. Trotz vs Lambert/Roy is a very different style which changes the types of saves a goalie has to make and what kind of rhythm they get into.
Didn’t know this guy was an nhl goalie coach
Ranger fan here, but I'll defend Sorokin … Islanders aren't that good, and he's hit a bump in the road. Hey, Shesterkin was at the All-Star game (more than half the season) with a .899 save percentage, but after a good couple of weeks with Benoit Allaire he was reset going .930 the rest of the way.
This sounds like Korpisalo except he doesn't even need a screen in front of him for the shooter to score with a wrister from above the circles. Although saying this Sorokin has a proven track record Korpi doesn't
No teams have figured him out or game plan against him. This is a horrendous take. Guy just is struggling and off his typical game where he’s solid on his posts and is able to get side to side quickly. He’s positioning has been off. This is just incredibly dumb. All goalies go through rough stretches. This video is so unnecessary for that reason. You saved yourself at the end but you basically told me why this isn’t something to make a video about. Igor, Helly, Demko their humans
Why would we trade a great goalie. Every goalie has an off year. Reason is because when lane lambert was our coach, he basically never gave him a rest. He was burned out.
Sorokin being league average… obviously not having his best season, but that being said look at the team in front of him… he's got the game in him to become freddy Anderson or better…