Islanders goalie prospect Ilya Sorokin on his way to the NHL

Ilya Sorokin is finally “NHL bound,” as of late Tuesday, a journey the Islanders have anticipated since drafting the goalie in the third round in 2014.

It’s unclear when Sorokin will get to practice with his new team, or whether he will join the Islanders on Long Island or report directly to Toronto to quarantine, with the latter being more likely. He’s ineligible to play the rest of this season after signing a one-year, entry-level deal but he has also agreed to a one-year, $2 million contract for 2020-21.

Sorokin’s U.S.-based agent, Dan Milstein, posted a photo on his Twitter account on Tuesday of Sorokin and Canadiens prospect Alexander Romanov with the caption, “NHL bound!”

“He’s looking forward to the next challenge,” Milstein said in a previous interview with Newsday. “He’s going to be very excited to put on an Islanders jersey and be a part of a team with such a deep history.”

But other than the expectations, there are plenty of unknowns about Sorokin, 24.

He has excelled for

CSKA Moscow in the KHL — being named playoff MVP in leading the team to its first Gagarin Cup in 2019 — and competed for Russian squads in the Olympics and World Championships.

That Sorokin’s good friend, national team teammate and KHL rival Igor Shesterkin has taken over as the Rangers’ No. 1 goalie this season has only raised those expectations.

“Ilya Sorokin has consistently risen to, if not exceeded, expectations,” Gillian Kemmerer, a Russianbased KHL reporter and author of “The Faceoff,” wrote in an e-mail to Newsday. “Consider this: CSKA Moscow had not won a postseason title since the fall of the Soviet Union. Thirty years of expectations were layered on that starstudded Red Army team. It’s safe to say that Sorokin stood on his head.

“No one can ever really predict how a player makes the NHL jump given all the pressure that comes with it,” Kemmerer added. “I would expect and hope for him to make a smooth transition similar to his best friend Igor Shesterkin, and the Isles’ organization will need to play a part in that.”