Every time you play the game, the forwards always try to surprise you with a different movement and everybody’s going to try to do different things on the ice, when you play so many times against the best players in the league, you kind of start learning of course what they do against you, what they try to do, so you try to learn these things.

Semyon Varlamov

Semyon Aleksandrovich Varlamov (Russian: ????? ????????????? ????????, Russian pronunciation: [s???m??n v?r??am?f]; born 27 April 1988) is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). He first played professionally with Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the then Russian Superleague (RSL) after he was drafted in the first round, 23rd overall, by the Washington Capitals in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. He would later spend eight NHL seasons with the Avalanche before signing with the Islanders in the summer of 2019.

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