Like most people who buy insurance, the Islanders hoped they wouldn’t need it.
But as Marcus Hogberg, the likely No. 3 goalie for the organization this season, made his preseason debut for the club Sunday, the stakes were a little higher than anyone would have liked — a function of Ilya Sorokin’s offseason back surgery that has so far kept him out of training camp.
While general manager Lou Lamoriello has said Sorokin isn’t expected to miss time at the start of the season, question marks around the star netminder’s health will be there until they are answered via his presence on the ice.
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