Ilya Sorokin has traveled to the U.S. There is a social media picture of him on Long Island. Islanders coach Barry Trotz has spoken to the highly-touted and newly-signed goalie via Zoom.
Other than that, the Islanders are not sharing details of when, or if, Sorokin will join the team for practice as hoped, even though he is ineligible to play the rest of this season.
“I have not seen the whites of his eyes,” Trotz said after Thursday’s practice at Northwell Health Ice Center in East Meadow. “But, as soon as I do, I’m pretty sure you’ll know.