Regarding Ortio, given how their team plays and how small the sample size, you can't judge him on stats. He's been at least as good as their number one from what I've heard.
A few days ago, the ex-coach Juhani Tamminen wrote in a column that TPS's team game makes them look like a flock of sparrows on the ice and that Ortio had been the only goalie that hadn't looked bad. The one game I looked at a few weeks ago, he made like 47 stops, and looking at the shot chart, something like 20 of those were from the prime scoring area right in front of the net.
Right now, he's the goalie that got their team the first win in ages.
I didn't realize he had played for KooKoo. Guy plays all over the place. KooKoo is a team that plans on going far in the playoffs and challenging for a place in the "elite" league, so it's not such a terrible place to be. Interesting that he looked good when he played behind a good team.
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