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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
^^ Agreed. And demonstrating flashes and looking ready in a few pre season games is one thing, bringing it every night over the grind of an 82 game season against the best in the world is an entirely different animal. The consistency in the face of that challenge is a huge step.
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Kind of how I feel about Joni Ortio; In the past there has been talk about his consistency issues but Ortio mentioned in an interview recently that his time in Helsinki helped him address his consistency. It would be nice if we could give him enough NHL games to see what he is capable of. It would be even better if we could get Kipper to mentor this guy since they seem to have pretty close styles. Kipper would easily be able to help him make adjustments in his play, but also help him with consistency in an 80 game grind. If there is one thing Kipper has that a lot of goalies don't have is the ability to bring it every night while playing a ton of games.