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Who'll stop The Reign: The 2023-24 Ontario Reign Thread

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That 2nd goal is....one of the things Portillo needs to work on, along with his Storr beached whale tendency

that's not to say he hasn't been awesome only that for those who are clamoring for him to get to the NHL NOW he has some clear thngs to work on that NHL shooters would hvae a field day with
 
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Raccoon Jesus said:
That 2nd goal is....one of the things Portillo needs to work on, along with his Storr beached whale tendency

that's not to say he hasn't been awesome only that for those who are clamoring for him to get to the NHL NOW he has some clear thngs to work on that NHL shooters would hvae a field day with
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i've been kinda surprised by how much people pump his tires. for such a big space-taker-upper he sure manages to find a way to make himself play small

usually i'm kinda on the "results trump appearance" train but he doesn't exactly inspire confidence for me
 
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tny760 said:
i've been kinda surprised by how much people pump his tires. for such a big space-taker-upper he sure manages to find a way to make himself play small

usually i'm kinda on the "results trump appearance" train but he doesn't exactly inspire confidence for me
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My big complaints with him are he doesn't compact well--tons of leaky holes--and when he goes down he like almost always ends up on his stomach swimming around

those are fixable things and obviously there's tons of progress, he's riding high right now, but when i see HOW goals go in on him I go 'oh yeah'

I have hopes for him, don't get me wrong, this is pretty uber critical for an undefeated goalie. I just hope they don't rush him because imagine NHL shooters picking corners instead of repeatedly jamming the puck into him. He'll fall apart. Think Petersen's glove.
 
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tny760 said:
i've been kinda surprised by how much people pump his tires. for such a big space-taker-upper he sure manages to find a way to make himself play small

usually i'm kinda on the "results trump appearance" train but he doesn't exactly inspire confidence for me
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FWIW he seems to have cleaned up his technique a bit. I agree he needs to stop playing small in the net, but he used to swim like Cechmanek. So, hopefully he'll continue to improve that.
 
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Portillo looks like he needs to work on his core strength. When he goes down he has a tendency for his upper body to drop forward instead of staying upright.

You can tell it's a core strwngth issue because he does the dead giveaway of his butt ending up close to his skates when he goes into his butterfly.

It throws his whole upper body off and makes it hard to recover, as well as opens up holes.
 
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Portillo has things to work on but there are some things you’re only going to discover at the NHL level. You’re not going to learn not to tuck your shoulder when a guy is going behind the net if you’re not playing against players that can exploit it, for example.

In other words, I don’t think it’s possible to “rush” a 24 year old goaltender and to think so is to buy into the Kings’ framing on the matter. If he fails it’s because he’s not good enough.
 
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Portillo will be given a shot out of camp to be backup and with Kings goaltending going in and out like the tide, he could end up being the starter.

Especially if the Reign get past Coachella.

Sturm could also earn a call up.
 
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Most comments so far even from Blake and Fox point to Portillo spending another year in the AHL. He might get a few games in case of an injury next season.

The Kings slow roll their goalies. Always have. It’s a smart move.
 
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Johnny Utah said:
Most comments so far even from Blake and Fox point to Portillo spending another year in the AHL. He might get a few games in case of an injury next season.

The Kings slow roll their goalies. Always have. It’s a smart move.
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True but Portillo is already approaching 24 years old.

Notable playoff performance thus far and facing off against the champs next.
 
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Johnny Utah said:
Most comments so far even from Blake and Fox point to Portillo spending another year in the AHL. He might get a few games in case of an injury next season.

The Kings slow roll their goalies. Always have. It’s a smart move.
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Yep. Better to let Portillo play a few games up in the NHL and continue to develop/work on his game
 
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Yep. Better to let Portillo play a few games up in the NHL and continue to develop/work on his game
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If your gonna give him a few games, it's to see if he can develop into stick as back up.

Might as well use a vote of confidence approach and if he sinks, it's back down he goes.

If he is waiver exempt, anyway
 
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Portillo will be given a shot out of camp to be backup and with Kings goaltending going in and out like the tide, he could end up being the starter.

Especially if the Reign get past Coachella.

Sturm could also earn a call up.
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No way Deez

He will be an injury call up at best
 
Can't wait for this series. I think it will go 5 since it was pretty even during the regular season. I might even come out from the desert to watch a game in Ontario for this one.
 
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After the Firebirds tied the game in the first, the Reign lost their composure and ran around in the defensive zone and got scored on again. Portillo didn't do himself any favors as he had a chance to cover up the puck and didn't. Firebirds went up 3-1, but the Reign got a second goal on the PP basically took over the third period, but just couldn't score. I think the Reign finished with 31 SOG while the firebirds only had 14 or 16 SOG the entire game.
 
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