‘The other first timer at the tournament for the Sabres is Swedish goaltender Erik Portillo (2019, 67th overall). Portillo will be one of the Swedish backups, either behind Jesper Eliasson (DET, 2018, 84th overall) or Hugo Alnefelt (TBL, 2019, 71st overall). Portillo could easily find himself with a medal by tournament end as the Swedish roster is loaded on the blue line and features two players with NHL experience this season Rasmus Sandin (TOR, 2018, 29th overall) and Tobias Bjornfot (LAK, 2019, 22nd overall).’