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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
I find it curious that Hiller had the best save percentage out of Calgary netminders by a fair margin and only 27% of the respondents want him back on the team.
Ortio had the worst save percentage last season and 97% want him on the team.
Do you think the perception of Hiller is colored by his two back to back poor playoff outings, rather than his season as a whole?
Is Ortio the result of shiny new toy syndrome? He didn't put up better numbers, but he is younger therefore he must be better in the future?
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I honestly think in this new advanced stat age people want to boil things down to numbers and numbers only.
Travis Yost had a thing on Calgary goaltending last week saying there shouldn't be a controversy as Hiller is better. Case closed.
But it didn't feel that way.
The eye test said Hiller was struggling. he gave up early goals, and he was down hoping not to get picked off high.
This isn't to say he didn't play well when he was in the nets, because he did. He was a good add.
But I think the Flames are more vulnerable in net with Hiller than Ramo when teams starting (if they haven't already) taking the team seriously. Spend more time on video and you can easily see how to beat Hiller. He dares you to do it.
Ramo overplays the shooter and leaves himself open to the pass or rebound, not doubt, but one on one he's tougher to beat.
Ortio is a decorated AHL goaltender that has shown he can dominate at the NHL level with a limited sample size. You can't let that walk away when you're core is 19-24 years old. You can't.
if he's the man great. If he's the filler until Gillies is ready that's fine too. But two vets, both of which had below NHL save percentages last year are simply not the guys to retain.