Confirmed with Link: Adams says there is no downside if Portillo & Johnson go back to college for another year

[Fjordy]

Yes, I presume he'll be joining Cal Petersen with the Kings. His father is a developmental coach with their AHL team.

But if they sign him in a 1-2 week, he won't join Cal Petersen.

 

[Havok89]

If either of these guys return to college, I would imagine they’re 99% going the UFA route as well.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

But if they sign him in a 1-2 week, he won't join Cal Petersen.

Sign and trade

 

[Fjordy]

Sign and trade

Well, trading might be an option, even in LA they have a lot of RDs.

 

[Old Navy Goat]

Unless you can get better value than a 2nd Rd pick there's no reason to trade Johnson

 

[Buffaloed]

Relax, Kevyn has a plan. It's called be flexible and see where it goes.

Kevyn Adams Q&A: On short- and long-term plans for the Sabres and their prospects, maintaining team culture and more

With the right development and timely additions, the Sabres GM discusses how the team could soon emerge from their decade of darkness.

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To make sure you don’t rush them, where do you find a veteran? Is it the same thing as this year where you sign Craig Anderson, you sign someone for next year?


That’s something we’re looking at right now. It’s a little early, but where are we next year with our roster? I, for sure, think it’s important to have stability in net. If we have a younger goaltender on our team, such as UPL, you want to make sure that he’s with someone and they want to get along, they want to work together. I just think that is important.


Ultimately, we’ll see where the other two are, but we do have a plan of how we’re going to move forward with all three of them. You never know exactly how it goes, right? It’s kind of just being flexible, but we do have a plan for all three of them as we sit today.


You look at Levi’s numbers, it seems he’s proven what he can prove in college. I don’t know if that’s the plan after he gets done or …


In fairness to him — I’d say this about him, Erik and Owen — me, my staff and everybody that’s been interacting with them this year, we’ve really stayed focused on letting them be present and be where they need to be now. I want to make sure I continue to do that because they’re in a really critical time in their season with the playoffs. But I think for all those guys, we’re excited and we have a plan for them.