Quoting: tryger
1. Portillo is a first year pro who is second in the AHL in SV% currently above Dustin Wolf, he decided on LA because there was a clear path to being a #1.
2. No one is arguing that the PLD contract sucks, but if Blake moves PLD and there is no future top-6 center in sight he should get canned.
If Portillo demanded a trade from a potential situation where he could backup a goaltender whose last partner is probably signing an 8 year deal in excess of 50m, his agent should slap him upside the head. The only thing that would happen is Talbott wouldn’t resign and Rittich would look for a better situation (my guess is one would have been part of the deal). Portillo would be the best bet to be the backup in about as optimal a situation as you can walk into.
We are discussing PLD because
1. Does either side believe it was Matt Roy as a 3rd line D for Boston walking into FA? That’s basically the equivalent of salary dumping Ullmark and Roy is important to LA. If he were a lefty, that might be a different story, but Boston cant allocate that much money to a 3rd line right D.
2. Victor Arvidssen and a pick considering LA’s immediate cap situation and Blake’s goalie perspective previously doesn’t seem super realistic. If the pick were high enough, I could see Boston consider this.
To me, this seems to point to a get of jail free card being presented to Blake involving PLD and looks like he would have taken it if Ullmark was willing to love during the season.
Granted, none of us know what’s real or not. Just enough smoke behind it to where it looks pretty viable. Boston fans would be pissed if it were PLD, but I think that’s more denial than anything else. Curious to what other scenario makes sense for both teams?