Drafted in the third round of the 2014 NHL Draft by the New York Islanders, Russian goalie Ilya Sorokin has put up video-game like numbers in the KHL. In 200 regular season games in the KHL since 2013-14, Sorokin has averaged 1.77GAA with a 0.928SV%. Its the type of numbers that Islanders fans have craved for decades.
The Islanders long-term future between the pipes should have been to have Sorokin there. That was until Robin Lehner became one of the best goalies in the NHL.
Since being acquired as a free agent on a single year deal Lehner has a 2.