While the New York Rangers are sure that they have the best young goaltender in the NHL in Igor Shesterkin, the New York Islanders feel the same about Ilya Sorokin. It could rekindle a long, bitter rivalry and could revive memories of Billy Smith and Chico Resch.
Sorokin has been making headlines this spring with the speculation that he will be joining the Islanders at long last, after being drafted in the third round of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. Finally freed from his KHL contract, reports in the spring were that he was about the join the Islanders.