Semyon Varlamov #40 and Anthony Beauvillier #18 of the Islanders celebrate after defeating the Boston Bruins in Game Six of the Second Round of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Nassau Coliseum on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. Credit: Jim McIsaac
Semyon Varlamov does not know when or how he will play, but he does know this: He feels good enough to play.
"I’m feeling great right now," the Islanders’ putative No. 1 goaltender said after practice on Thursday. "I’m ready to go, ready to play a game."
This came as no surprise, because Varlamov was on the Islanders’ six-game, season-opening road trip and has been practicing regularly.