You know it's a funny thing. Ortio was barely even rated last year because of his very poor first North American showing. Everyone had written him off as a depth filler in our prospect pool and nothing more, mostly because they hadn't watched him in Europe slowly hone his game. Now he has one very good year and he's our top goalie prospect.
Gillies has done nothing but be very impressive save for a short stint at the WJC which everyone saw and then a subsequent mediocre month, following which he found his "A" game again.
You'd think that everyone would be more forgiving of a small bump in the road after watching Ortio massively fail and then regain his form. I really like Ortio, but I would consider even putting McDonald ahead of him as a better potential goalie.
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"You know, that's kinda why I came here, to show that I don't suck that much" ~ Devin Cooley, Professional Goaltender
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