Who'll stop The Reign: The 2023-24 Ontario Reign Thread
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KingsOfCali25
Start up the Bandwagon!
Reign win again 4-3 and sweep the baby Canucks. On to the the Pacific division finals.
Gjwrams
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Nice job by the Reign. At least one team in the organization is advancing.
kingsfan28
Its A Kingspiracy !
Ziggy Stardust
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Raccoon Jesus
Todd McLellan is an inside agent
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
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
tny760
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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
Raccoon Jesus
Todd McLellan is an inside agent
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.
King'sPawn
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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.
Raccoon Jesus
Todd McLellan is an inside agent
some of that is just that he's huge and kind of lumbering
I think he's actually extremely athletic
which is why him getting caught out is annoing
tigermask48
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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.
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.
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.
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.
The Reign are skilled, tough and fast. All things the Kings are not.
Surf Nutz
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Surf Nutz
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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.
Moses Doughty
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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
Surf Nutz
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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
Lt Dan
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fivehole32
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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.
