This whole handling of our goalies is looking like a gong show. Irving not getting the ice time in the AHL during the lockout, is laughable. Sure he didn't impress but he was our de facto NHL backup, it should have been the priority to get him untracked and ready for the NHL instead of playing career minor leaguers. Now his confidence is shot so he can't show his abilities.
Another goalie situation which is weird is Ortio. He hangs around Abbotsford for half a season getting only a couple of starts. Instead of sending him down to the ECHL where he could get acclimatized to the NA ice, they ship him back to Finland. Now his situation in Finland isn't bad, he's won the starting goalie job on a bad team in a good league so he sees lots of shots and his stats are good but he could be doing the same thing in NA. He would have been available to open doors as our third goalie and saved a reserve spot. The whole situation is baffling.
As a Flames fan I can only hope that Taylor shows something, I don't have any faith in 33 year old career tweener, MacDonald.
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