PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA - MAY 24: Ilya Sorokin #30 of the New York Islanders makes a save against the Pittsburgh Penguins during the first overtime period in Game Five of the First Round of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs at PPG PAINTS Arena on May 24, 2021 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images)
We already knew Ilya Sorokin was good. We all watched the New York Islanders 2014 draft pick kill it in Russia. For years he put up video game numbers in what is the second-best professional hockey league in the world.