Some of the reaction around here to the goalie situation is making it seem like Hartley is choosing to play Joey Mac over a Carey Price touted prospect. Hartley is choosing to play Mac right now over a late 20's goalie who to this point in his career had to play outside the NHL because he wasn't good enough to earn a regular start in the NHL either.
I agree Ramo has a much greater ceiling than Mac, I think we know what we have in the guy, but this is hardly and example of Hartley favouring vets over young players. It's and example of a very complicated and less than ideal goalie situation we have in Calgary and likely will have for the next couple of years that the team is going to slowly feel their way through to do what's best for the team long term.
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