The Buffalo Sabres have acquired a third-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft from Los Angeles in exchange for the rights to goaltender Erik Portillo.
The Buffalo Sabres have acquired a third-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft from Los Angeles in exchange for the rights to goaltender Erik Portillo. pic.twitter.com/ssvByuLJGG
— Sabres PR (@SabresPR) March 1, 2023
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Cya
I demand everyone I told that portillos rights were worth nothing to take victory laps on me
Pls stomp on me, spit on me
Massive W for someone we were losing either way
Functionally a free pick for us at this point and I can’t imagine him being worth any more than that, so good trade.
The goalie drafted by the Sabres, go back to college, wind up in LA pipeline is strong again!
good deal KA
So we got a 3rd for someone who wasn’t going to sign with us. Great deal
Yay
Sabres get an asset for a player that was always complimentary of the organization but was never going to sign; and the player gets a little more intel about another organization. Win win. Best of luck to Portillo.
As an aside: just more proof that there’s always a GM in this league willing to do something illogical.
Sweet a third round pick for basically nothing
Hit the road!