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Ilya Sorokin Rumors.….. Are teams calling? Are Isles listening? |
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Isles Rumors? By golly its been a while ….
About a week ago I wrote that there were some out there that feeling Ilya Sorokin could become unavailable this off-season…
We haven’t heard a hole lot of rumors from the New York Islanders over the last several years, and there’s a reason for that. Former GM Lou Lamorirllo was infamous for keeping everything dead quiet and never allowing a runner to escape from his offices.
But with a regime change comes in entirely new way of new thinking on the island! Amd, the state of the team. stuck in the middle of the standings, is a perfect petri dish for all sorts of rumors…
What are the New York Islanders?
They are about a team whom have remained competitive on the bubble of the playoffs, or in the playoffs barely, for a few years now. They have a great goalie, some descent defenseman, and now the number one pick in this past draft.. they have very little scoring or talent upfront…
Brock Nelson is gone, but Ilya Sorokin is not…
Srorokin is top 5 in the NHL. His presence in the lineup is going to keep the Isles in games and keep them in contention….The question remains…Do they want to beet in contention or should they allow the team to fall of a bit and rebuild?
Does Iyla Sorokin equal the dreaded mediocrity?
You guys know me by now… I believe in building team atmosphere and culture over tanking every day of the week… but I’m not currently running the New York Islanders (as of this writing).. and many people argue against me when I say, “I believe tanking equals losing culture equals awful results moving forward.” (See Buffalo)
There are some others out there talking about Sokrokin like he is being shopped by the Islanders, or “on the block….” So far, from my discussions with sources, I don’t believe that’s true… at least as of this writing… However, these New New York Isles seem to be OK with rumors floating around about him…. which is interesting and means they probably would be listening…It’s a definite change in a culture in the administration…. And as a rumor writer may I be first to say, “woohoo!”
Srorokin is a bona fide fame changer. Add him to any contender and that team would immediately become a favorite….. Edmonton, Montreal, Toronto, Washington, Carolina…..
But not quite yet…
Sources tell me that were NOT there yet. But of course, things can change and often do.
So I will making a lot of calls over the next several days to try to figure out if any team has actually been aggressive and contacted the Islanders… my feeling is a discussions have occurfed at least at some levels… just with these rumors out there teams will make calls when they hear about it… what I need to find out, is how the Islanders are deal dealing with those calls…
My question for you is, what do you think it would take for our team to get Sorokin?
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