Islanders strongly considering goalie change in Game 2
NY Post
If the Islanders go down 2-0 to the Bruins in this second-round series that picks up in Boston on Monday night, chances are they wouldn’t want to do so with their No. 1 goaltender on the bench.
And so there is a strong possibility that Semyon Varlamov will replace Ilya Sorokin in nets for Game 2, with head coach Barry Trotz admitting on Sunday that he would “mull over it.” “The great thing about our goaltending is that you can put anyone in and you can be successful with either one of them,” Trotz said in the early afternoon. “Last series, Ilya started feeling it against Pittsburgh and so we stuck with him.It was only a three-second glimpse, but Matt Rempe, finally, showcased offensive strides. The ones he started talking about in the preseason — after a summer’s worth of work — and kept doubling down on, even when he fluctuated in and out of the Rangers lineup and shuttled back and forth to AHL Hartford.
In a different time, in a season to come, we may be inclined to wax poetic about the way this one played out. In a different time, in a season to come, the Nets will be seeking to stack wins and not losses, will be fighting for playoff seeding and not for a few extra ping-pong balls in the draft lottery this spring.
The NBA has an All-Star Game problem. Despite Adam Silver’s efforts to inject juice into the February showcase — including a format alteration to the 2025 game that is too confusing to attempt to understand before it’s inevitably changed again — there’s little interest in watching teams eschew defense for a series of layup line highlights. That also means the most entertaining part of the NBA All-Star Game is just like the Pro Bowl — debating over who should get a spot.