If you could have written a script for the worst-case scenario when the Islanders signed Ilya Sorokin to an eight-year contract extension 15 months ago, this would have been a worthy submission.

The season before the extension kicked in was Sorokin’s worst in the NHL as his save percentage dropped to .908 and he lost his starting job to Semyon Varlamov down the stretch.

He got one playoff start and didn’t make it through the game, spending the final 32:46 on the bench after allowing three goals.

And on Monday — after Islanders general manager Lou Lamoriello had shut down speculation about Sorokin’s health by saying he suffered a minor injury during summer training and wouldn’t miss more than a few days of training camp — coach Patrick Roy inadvertently revealed that Sorokin had, in fact, undergone back surgery.

An Islanders spokesman quickly shut down follow-up questions relating to the operation and Sorokin’s agent, Dan Milstein, declined comment.

Roy, speaking to reporters for the first time this season at the team’s charity golf event, was asked about Sorokin’s health and whether there was any worry about him heading into training camp, but veered from the party line by mentioning the surgery offhand.

“No, because we have two very good goaltenders,” Roy said. “We got a veteran goaltender in [Marcus] Hogberg [who was signed this summer as the third goaltender]. I think we are in a good position. On the exit meeting with Ilya, he knows what he has to do and he knows that I’m with him. He knows that I’m trusting him and he knows he’s gonna be an important player on our team.

“So the surgery he had for his back, it’s not the perfect thing, but I do think he’ll be fine. I do believe we have such a good medical staff. They’ll take care of him. They’ll make sure when he’s ready, he’ll help us.”

After a follow-up question was cut off, Roy sheepishly said, “Oh, sorry.”

NHL teams are notoriously guarded about injuries, usually referring to them as “upper body” or “lower body,” nominally out of fear that players will be targeted on ice if opponents know their specific ailments.

Even within that realm, the Islanders stand out for how little they reveal in public. So it was very much not the plan to let the entire hockey world know that their franchise netminder had gone under the knife.

Though the timing and specific nature of the operation is unknown, the questions around Sorokin going into training camp will only get larger as a result.

For the Islanders, there is an obvious and unfortunate parallel to Rick DiPietro, who signed a 15-year, $67.5 million deal in 2006 before suffering a concussion in March 2007.

That was the first in a slew of injuries, including major hip issues that were exacerbated during the 2008 All-Star skills competition.

DiPietro was bought out after the 2012-13 season — a $1.5 million annual bill the Islanders will continue paying until 2029.

Obviously it’s far too early to put Sorokin’s deal on the same plane as that.

Lamoriello said that there are no worries about him missing time this season as of now and if Sorokin looks like the player who carried the Islanders to the playoffs on his back in 2022-23 again, then the surgery will be a mere footnote to his season.

Right now, though, back surgery certainly does not sound like a minor thing for a goaltender who struggled last season and is particularly reliant on his reflexes and reaction time to make saves.

The Islanders were proactive in addressing their lack of organizational depth at the position this offseason, signing Hogberg from Sweden and picking up Keith Kinkaid on a tryout contract.

But while it’s better to have a serviceable No. 3 goaltender than none at all, the far better scenario is to have your superstar playing at full health.

At the moment, though, it appears the Islanders will spend the first training camp of Sorokin’s contract hoping the next seven are not in jeopardy.