Gonna be honest, I doubt Hiller will bring much more than he did last season. He's not at an age where he's going to change. Yes he was solid at times, but very streaky. Either decent, where he'd keep it to 2 goals or less allowed for a stretch of games, or he'd go on a stretch where he was leaky, letting in every odd goal from low percentage angles/spots. He didn't steal any Ws either, save for in the first couple weeks of the season. Thing is, you could always count on him letting in one stinker either early on, or late in the game, even if he was decent otherwise.
IF Ortio makes a case for himself - I mean shows starting tender level of play in his starts this preseason, you look to ship Hiller. He's a more attractive name anyways. Teams will look at what he did vs Vancouver and much of last season and see him as an attractive backup/1b if the need is there.
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