Ilya Sorokin may not have matched the brilliance of his 2022-23 campaign over the last two seasons, but the New York Islanders’ franchise goaltender is still considered one of the best in the game. The NHL Network ranked Sorokin sixth on its annual Top 10 Goalies Right Now list, a sign of the respect he continues to command leaguewide.
In what many described as a “down year,” Sorokin still turned in numbers that most NHL teams would envy. The 30-year-old appeared in 61 games, starting 60, and finished with a 30-24-6 record, 2.