I love Finnish goalies because I agree more with their style of play on a team like Calgary.
I believe HuntingWhale was trying to link (link didn't work) to an article about Finnish goalies and how they are developed over there. They are not encouraged to rely on the butterfly. Instead, they are forced to use their athleticism in controlling their rebounds and redirecting them. They are also taught to swallow up rebounds completely.
Blocking goalies have their place. They often do a fantastic job of blocking the first shot, and it is up to the defencemen to clear it. I think they work great on teams with big strong defencemen who can ensure they are not out-muscled in the crease by the forwards looking for the rebounds, and are able to clear the puck to safety. On teams with smaller defencemen, I think this proves to be a disadvantage. Just my thoughts anyways.
On the Flames, I do think that a combo of Ramo and Ortio would be better than Hiller and Ramo due to the Flames having more of the 'finesse puck-moving defencemen with active sticks', rather than the bigger and more brawny Engelland (rather, Regehr) -type of defencemen able to clear the front of the net.
Giguere was an excellent 'blocking-butterfly' goalie, and that defence (and team) were definitely on the large side of things.
Maybe it doesn't matter as much as I am thinking? I don't know, but I have always preferred a traditional athletic goalie who can swallow up the first shot without giving up a rebound, or if there is a rebound, is able to redirect it and who has the athleticism to recover quickly for those second (and sometimes third) attempts, over a blocking goalie that will be nearly impossible to beat with the first shot, but who relies on his teammates to clear the puck.
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