Mitch Korn was discussing the monumental importance of a tenth of a second.
The Islanders' new director of goaltending, stopwatch in hand, was on the ice early on Sunday, working with the four netminders on Day 3 of the team’s rookie camp. The drill had the goalies moving side to side before dropping to their pads while still sliding right to left and back again. But before his pupils started, Korn emphasized how an improvement of a tenth of a second can mean the difference between making a save or not.
The Islanders hired the Bronx-born Korn, 60, who has worked with coach Barry Trotz since 1998 through their stops in Nashville and Washington, on July 26, a day after adding Piero Greco from the Maple Leafs’ organization as goalie coach.