Islanders ink goalie Sorokin to 8-year extension

The New York Islanders did much business during the start of the free agency as they signed goalies Ilya Sorokin and Semyon Varlamov to 8^th and 4-year deal extensions, respectively, and defenceman Scott Mayfield and attacker Pierre Engvall for 7 more seasons.

New York Islanders franchise goalie Ilya Sorokin has agreed to a new eight-year contract extension that starts in the 2024-25 season. It carries an average annual value of $8.25 million against the salary cap. https://t.co/wTwcTaHUVq pic.twitter.com/L5DIuPUyRq

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Ilya has signed an 8-season extension as he will earn more than 8 million dollars annually. The goalie is in the final campaign of a 3-year, 12 million dollar contract with a cap hit of 4 million dollars for the upcoming year.

Sorokin had his best campaign in his career in the past season, where his record was 31-22-7 with a .924 save % and 2.34 goals-against average.

The goaltender represented the franchise from the Big Apple in his 1^st All-Star Game appearance this year.