Igor Shesterkin is really damn good

[Brunomics]

Sorokin is looking to sign a contract with the Islanders? I thought he was looking to stay 1-2 more years. Very nice news, will be fun indeed.

Yea he'll be here next year. That's the reason Lou signed Varlamov as to give him a familiar face and bridge into the starters role.

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

This 6-1 run has shown me he is better than Henrik Lundqvist ever was

 

[Firsov99]

I know these are younger goalies, but add in Khudobin and Georgiev (who both play for Russia internationally), and Bob who has struggled in Florida, but is turning it around and adjusting to a new team/system. Russia is becoming a goalie factory. Maybe it's because they can't develop defense that they're goalies get so good.

I had a discussion about this with someone else on this boards some time ago. Indeed, this seems like a solution to the inability to produce elite d-men.

 

[Firsov99]

I am pretty sure that it was sarcasm.

 

[Fataldogg]

I am pretty sure that it was sarcasm.

Yes. Definitely. Sarcasm is hard through text. I thought it was enough of a hyperbole to be obvious, but maybe not.

 

[UnSandvich]

Yes. Definitely. Sarcasm is hard through text. I thought it was enough of a hyperbole to be obvious, but maybe not.

There are people on other platforms (even some on the Rangers board) who are saying it non-sarcastically unfortunately

 

[Absolut]

Vasilevskiy, Shesterkin, Samsonov, Sorokin, Askarov.

DAMN.

And no defense past Provorov and Sergachev. How the heck does that happen?

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

Yes. Definitely. Sarcasm is hard through text. I thought it was enough of a hyperbole to be obvious, but maybe not.

There’s enough serious takes out there that are close to that one that it went over my head

 

[Boxscore]

And no defense past Provorov and Sergachev. How the heck does that happen?

Good question, actually. in the early-90's, Russia was pumping out some awesome D...

Zubov, Gonchar, Markov, Kasparaitis, Zhitnik, Konstantinov, Malakhov, Mironov, etc. These days they seem to be the goalie factory, while Sweden is spitting out the D...

Karlsson, Hedman, OEL, Dahlin, Boqvist, etc.