Islanders’ Semyon Varlamov taking in every moment of late-career comeback

Source: New York Post

At some point, the game may feel like a game again.   For now — following Semyon Varlamov’s two partial knee replacements and nearly two years out of action — it means so much more to the Islanders backup goaltender, who could make his long-awaited return this week, perhaps as soon as Tuesday against the Rangers at Madison Square Garden.   It was “special” for Varlamov to take the ice in the preseason.