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Originally Posted by Textcritic
It is unfortunately not that simple, and I don't believe that the answer even to this question is altogether straightforward. As I posed above: as good as Ortio looked in his five game stretch this season, Ramo has looked arguably just as good in a stretch of six games. Are we sure that Ortio will maintain that same level of play down the stretch? I'm not convinced.
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As a backup, neither is going to get a stretch of games.
I was a big Ramo fan going into this season, and thought he'd proven to be a capable starter in the second half last year. This year Hiller has been superior IMO.
But more than that, this is the second year of a rebuild. Ramo isn't being re-signed for next year. And not only has Ortio played well here, he's an AHL all-star. It's pretty clear to me that he's ready for backup at least.
The 5 or so games leading to the POs and the maybe 1 he plays in the POs if they get in don't make his insurance value worth it to me. Especially since I think Ortio is as good an insurance policy.