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Originally Posted by formulate
I believe most here were in agreement that the best thing for Ortio would be spending a year as the starter with the baby Flames, at least until an injury occurred. I had originally thought they would sign a solid backup (Chad Johnson, for example) for Ramo in Calgary. Why I really like the signing of Hiller is that first of all it creates competition starting right away at training camp, which can only be good for both goalies. I believe (purely based on salaries) that Hiller will start as the 1A guy, but hopefully there is a strong push made by both to be the true #1. The second reason is that now we potentially have a tradeable asset. If both play well, Ramo could be flipped at the deadline for a 3rdish round pick. If Ramo plays spectacularly and Hiller okay, we could re-sign Ramo and trade Hiller either at the deadline or during the offseason. Nothing wrong with an additional decent asset on a not-horrible contract.
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Good post. I also think that having solid goal goaltending will help the defensive prospects in the system as they will be able to play their game, instead of worrying that every small mistake (which will happen while they learn to play at NHL level) will lead to a goal against. There's no way you can play with confidence if you think the guy in net couldn't stop a beach ball. Hiller is an upgrade over Berra and should allow everyone in front of him to play more positively.