Ilya Sorokin's future with the Islanders is getting strange to say the least... What are YOUR thoughts on Sorokin's game this year? Do YOU think the Islanders should trade him? Let me know #GravGang!!

This is a 14 minute video that demonstrates Graviteh's inability to scout goalies. Every single clip shown outside of the playoff game clips can easily be explained away with either really poor defensive play from the Islanders (such as Nic Paul being left open, or two Vegas players being open for a rebound because the Islanders forward didn't backcheck to cover for the odd man rush), legit quality goals (Jack Eichel's snipe that's so fast that the slowmo couldn't capture the puck until it was in the net), or even goals that should've been called back such as the Pen's player who was in Soro's crease the whole time and snowing him in the face. Let alone the two points on the "How to Score on Sorokin 101" slide being applicable to EVERY GOALIE. Every coach says get bodies in front of the net, every coach says get pucks on net, why? Because it's HOW you beat a goalie you don't have a book on. Take away a goalie's sight and catch him off guard? Greater chance of a shot going in. Legit the only "failures" in Sorokin's game is that he can't fix the Islander's awful defensive play or stop literally everything regardless of situation.

I would say you can give these how to score 101s to literally every single goalie in the NHL. The average NHL save percentage this year was .903%.

Listen. I am a Ranger fan and absolutely HATE the asslanders. But this is not a good take. Yes he had a bad game, but lets face it. The asslanders don't really play solid defense either. Too many easy neutral zone entries, too many defensive chases, forwards lazy in the defensive zone, & not very physical in front of the net. I hope they trade him cause he deserves better...

Why is this a Sorokin problem? Put bodies in front of most goalies and they are going to give up rebounds if they cannot track the puck in traffic. A goalie can get in position and anticipate, but they can't see what they can't see. Maybe its the Islanders defense not shutting down shooting lanes allowing the puck to get through all of those bodies that is the problem. Maybe it is relying to much on blocking shots and not on controlling the puck on the opponents side of the ice. Maybe the best defense is a better offense. One last thing, why do so many people pronounce Zibanejad as Zabinijad? That's not his name.

All I got from this, is that the islanders weren’t a good team this year. And they left him out to dry.

Bolts getting swept 🤝 Isles getting swept

I'm a Canes fan and he only gave up 3 goals before he got pulled. There were some defensive lapses that left him stranded. Find it crazy he got pulled that quickly but those first 2 goals weren't entirely on him.

After watching Sorokin for years, his biggest problem is his rebound control. He lets some softies in, but if he doesn’t get the rebounds under control he will crumble. He needs to work with a coach 24/7 over the summer entirely on his rebounds.

Didn’t know this guy was an nhl goalie coach

Sorokin hasn’t been the same since Trotz left. Trotz had the defensive playing in beast mode. Now it’s erratic and he’s facing sometimes 40 shots a game and can’t clear the Puck to save there lives.

Hasn't been the Same Since Kent Johnson hit that Michigan on Him

So Sorokin is playing to what he expects to happen vs. what actually happens is giving up bad rebounds, and doesn’t adjust to screens well.

It goes to show you how much coaching scheme and team defense can impact goaltending as well. Trotz vs Lambert/Roy is a very different style which changes the types of saves a goalie has to make and what kind of rhythm they get into.

He didn’t struggle nor did teams figure him out…he was overworked because his teammates failed him. In a 13 game start span he faced an average of 38.9 shots. He faced more shots than anyone in the NHL…you would have to be high to think he should be getting shutouts left and right. He didn’t lose us games, he’s the reason we made the playoffs for his big time saves early this season. Also his rebound control has been his known issue since he came into the league

Sorokin makes the impossible save look routine, and the routine save look impossible.

Sorokin gives up a lot of rebounds and that definitely contributes a lot to his troubles. In saying that the Isles defense is atrocious and I think that's more of the issue here

A lot of your examples are team defense issues as well, could Sorokin play better, yes, could the isle defenders help out around the net, also yes. Igor is great but the rangers defenders are often in position to clear the rebound from the front of the net

You just never can tell with goalies. A couple of years ago, I drafted a goalie tandem of Andrei Vasilevsky and Jusse Saros, thinking I'd be set for years. They're respectively a .900 (24th) and .906 (16th) this year in SV% (among goalies playing 41+ games). I'm glad I drafted Jordan Binnington “just for fun” this year!

So how to score on Sorokin is how to score on any goalie at any level. Great to know! Let’s actually talk about the real problems, like the Islanders defense before we blame Sorokin. If the defenders did their jobs he would have been just as good as he was last year. Islanders defense last year was 10x better than it was this year. Let’s watch the team we are talking about before blaming it on the goalie.

Why would we trade a great goalie. Every goalie has an off year. Reason is because when lane lambert was our coach, he basically never gave him a rest. He was burned out.

The Sorokin problem in my eyes, is the apparent rift between him & Roy. I love both Sorokin & Roy, but it feels like they might trade Sorokin for much needed offense. Varly has 3 more years left on his contract & is clearly Roy's guy between the two. Just my 2 cent6

He's definitely having an off year but I feel like this is typical for goalies. He has one of the best coaches in the league to address and help him improve his issues. Hopefully he'll get a very detailed training regimen for the summer, go home for a few weeks, don't think about hockey, come back to US and train, train, train. Don't stay in Russia where there's distractions with friends, family, war, etc.

So the things that all teams use to score against good goalies work against Sorokin as well? Save percentage was low across the league this year and .909 is above league average, no? This, to me, looks more like the Islanders are worse defensively in front of Sorokin than in the past. They're unable to move opposing players out of Sorokin's sight line or tie up opponents from potting rebounds.

the biggest problem is how he acted after he got pulled from game he sat in the tunnel and sulked. for the last years varlamov has been his mentor and biggest supporter all while he was losing his number 1 job to him. he should of been on bench supporting varly and the rest of his team. last night was not a good look for him

This sounds like Korpisalo except he doesn't even need a screen in front of him for the shooter to score with a wrister from above the circles. Although saying this Sorokin has a proven track record Korpi doesn't

He’s just trying to pull a DiPietro 😈

Ranger fan here, but I'll defend Sorokin ... Islanders aren't that good, and he's hit a bump in the road. Hey, Shesterkin was at the All-Star game (more than half the season) with a .899 save percentage, but after a good couple of weeks with Benoit Allaire he was reset going .930 the rest of the way.

Lou send him to San Jose please for Vitek swap out.

Sorokin being league average... obviously not having his best season, but that being said look at the team in front of him... he's got the game in him to become freddy Anderson or better...

Bad take, watched a lot of the islanders and you can’t blame the goalie for atrocious defense and facing a ton of high quality scoring opportunities each game

maybe playing fir Roy as a goalie is Fuckin sorokin up.. Roy has a big personality and knows everything about hockey..

It’s a good thing you’re not a goalie scout

Sorokin is going through the funk. Al goalies go through it Lundqvist went through it every November or so, Shestyorkin went through it in the first half of the season. I think every goalie gets figured out after a while, but it all depends on how goalies adapt. If their coach can help them work on it.

as an isles fan sorokin isn't the problem. isles defense is terrible

It’s just a down year for him, it’s tough to dominate every year plus the islanders are actively just a bad team they work hard but they’re not good, he’ll Bounce back next year. Idk who is saying trade him but it’s not like they can rebuild anyway

Sorry but it’s 100% the fatigue not just this year but several. He’s not exposed lol he’s just off. Lambert couldn’t coach for shit Patrick Roy plays a different system entirely. 1st goal burns was deflected by the way. 2nd goal screened by his own player could’ve saved it 3rd one definitely on him

Make a video about the Stars. They’re pissing me off I had them in the finals

Well if they wanna get rid of him Ottawa will happily take him

you can't really pay goalies!!

It’s SOrOVER

Cough cough, Gets traded to Avs next season

He was always overrated and once the team defensive style changed it exposed him

No teams have figured him out or game plan against him. This is a horrendous take. Guy just is struggling and off his typical game where he’s solid on his posts and is able to get side to side quickly. He’s positioning has been off. This is just incredibly dumb. All goalies go through rough stretches. This video is so unnecessary for that reason. You saved yourself at the end but you basically told me why this isn’t something to make a video about. Igor, Helly, Demko their humans

Jets trade Connor+Heinola or Stanley or Pionk for Horvat+Romanov+pick

Sorkins getting traded for sure

haha isles suck

Another indictment on the Lane Lambert regime. When Lambert was still coaching, he was facing on average 40 shots a game. That really started to take a toll on his game and he's been mentally broken since January. Why it took so long for them to hand the reigns to Varlamov and let Ilya mentally reset is beyond me.