Ramo has been all the team has needed him to be. To expect more out of him or expect him to be Kipper ala 2004 is a ridiculously lofty expectation. An unrealistic expectation to be honest. Kipper went god-mode and that's an extremely rare place to get to. His GAA was 1.69 and SV% .933 in 2004 which was phenomenal.
Ramo this year is 2.57 GAA and .913 SV%.
Kipper's last 3 years are:
2011- 2.63 GAA and .906 SV%
2012- 2.35 GAA and .921 SV%
2013- 3.44 GAA and .882 SV%
So really, Ramo is in the ballpark as far as a starting goalie goes if we are collectively thinking Kipper's last few years were worthy of a legit #1 goalie.
Ramo is just fine and in my mind not the team's most imminent problem. Plus he could get better.
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