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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Ramo has earned another start. But I think you will find yourself in a significant minority in terms of believing Ramo is the better goalie. And I think Hartley falls into the majority opinion.
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I also think there was certainly politics involved due to Hiller's (make the cap floor contract), most of this was in play earlier in the year. Ramo wasn't going to be given the same respect should he go on a tear that Hiller would have.
But in this game, I don't really want to see a defacto #1 goalie making 65 starts anymore. There is a lot more value in a 50/32 arrangement, where guys keep the other sharp. When one of them hasn't sat the past 5+ games, I really don't care who starts - we get a good effort most nights out.
Honestly, in year 2 of a rebuild I don't want this roster 'coddled' with elite goaltending, I want the eternal mindset of outscoring, not playing safe towards stupidity and actually trying to increase leads to be the focus.
Brent Sutter hockey would have seen the team deflate once Vancouver scored that 2nd goal and likely lose the game. Brent would have talked for 15 minutes about how that play started (bad idea by Brodie) and that we can't afford these kinds of things - if we want to win. Neglecting that there was an entire 3rd period of opportunity ahead. "In this league you can't give away leads like that vs. good teams!"
Hartley sees the bad play, but focuses more on driving the team to a successful finish and has them playing aggressive, but smart (for a young team).