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Originally Posted by Caged Great
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With Ramo, what I see is a goalie that is sloppy in several aspects of his game. He goes down way too early and stays there too long instead of resetting, he moves too much in his crease and his movements themselves are not as controlled as I would like. He also is very prone to giving up rebounds instead of controlling the puck or directing it into the corner. I'm thinking that he'll have the stats in the neighbourhood of 2.75-3 GAA and a .890-.905 range. Those stats are in the same range as Joey Mac's last year and I think they'll have very similar stats this year.
He has more natural talent than a guy like Joey Mac, and you'll get games where he'll stand on his head, but the sloppy parts of the game will cause some really stinker goals to be scored and there will be frustrating times with him because he does have talent. If he can learn to tighten up the parts of his game that are causing him problems, then he might become an average goalie in the NHL, but as it sits right now I think he'll trend towards the bottom of the starters heap.
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Even if we agree with your analysis, it's a big assumption to say that "as it sits right now" is the best he can do or the best he'll be. He has played 2 preseason games, and this is after 4-5 years of not playing in NA. Lots of sloppy goalies around the league at the moment. I don't disagree with you about what the most likely outcomes are, but you are still concluding too much from too little.