The New York Islanders needed every second of their 82-game schedule to get into the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but that’s now in the past.
All that matters now is that the Isles are in the dance and, as luck would have it, they avoided a nightmare Round 1 matchup against the historically-good Boston Bruins. in a best-of-seven series against the Carolina Hurricanes., but there are still plenty of people who are skeptical of this team’s ceiling. Are the skeptics warranted?Like every middle-of-the-pack team, the Islanders have plenty of flaws.
Sorokin is good enough to steal a series from any opponent, but his chances of doing so increase when his opposition is inconsistent at best. Carolina finished with the 12th-best save percentage in the NHL, but because of injuries and up-and-down form, neither Frederik Andersen nor Antti Raanta were ever really able to seize the opportunity and establish themselves as the true No. 1 option.
Whoever Brind’Amour taps for the curtain-raiser will have very little margin for error going against Sorokin. For a club that doesn’t lacks scoring punch, losing its most consistent scorer is a massive deal. The Hurricanes are just 9-8-2 with a -2 goal difference since Svechnikov went down.
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