Ilya Sorokin, whose ability to tune out everything else truly seems to be the stuff of a sports psychologist’s dream.
, asked about his excitement to play in the postseason:
And what about the way the Islanders are playing, having turned their season around over the past eight weeks?That is where this goes from cliche to reality, because it is generally not considered PR-speak to say you don’t focus on the team. The ability to focus solely on himself and seemingly never get fazed is directly behind Sorokin’s ascension to stardom.
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