The Hurricanes didn’t even give the Islanders’ auxiliary goalie a chair

So we see Sorokin standing along the picture window, watching the game without being able to sit down during the periods.

We laugh about it, but frankly, it’s neither proper nor fair play for the Hurricanes to let the opposing team’s auxiliary goalie dry up on his feet.

I understand that we’re in the playoffs and we don’t want to help our opponents in any way, but there are limits.

A simple chair is the least we can do.

Imagine if Sorokin had had to enter the game for any reason…

His legs would clearly have been a bit tired from standing in place (with all his equipment no less!) for so long.

That would have been a sporting disadvantage for the Islanders.

In short, Sorokin couldn’t have been too happy about being an auxiliary goalie for the first game of the playoffs, but he had to watch the whole game standing up.

It will be interesting to see whether Patrick Roy will go with Semyon Varlamov for game two of the series, or whether he’ll trust Sorokin.

There’s a big debate on the Islanders’ side as to which goalie should be the starter.

Stay tuned.

Do you think Sorokin (or Varlamov) will bring his own chair to game two?

That would be incredible.

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