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Originally Posted by bax
What are you talking about? Hiller is mentally weak? I would argue that Ramo is the mentally weak one.
With Hiller you know what you're going to get, he's not outstanding, but he's consistent. Ramo may have higher highs, but he also has lower lows
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Anaheim elected to cut loose Hiller because he was viewed as being mentally weak. That was a pretty substantial decision as Anaheim elected to go with a pretty unproven goaltender in Frederick Andersen, who had a whole 28 regular season and 7 post season games under his belt.
I don't like either guy, but given my druthers I would go with a guy that doesn't rely solely on letting the puck hit him. I also want a guy that can step up as the pressure mounts, and unfortunately that isn't Hiller. Personally I would have burned the goaltending down this summer and tried to find a guy with more of a track record of recent success, but that is just me. Of the three goalies we have, Ortio is the only guy that I think has any future, and probably only as a backup.
I think the Hiller fans really need to understand that the Flames really want to part ways with Hiller. They've been trying to deal him for a while, and thought they had a deal done. This why they re-signed Ramo. Hiller is a known quantity and they aren't happy with the level he can raise his game to. Ramo has shown that he can raise his game. The team just has to get him to think all games are big games. That is the challenge for Ramo and what Ramo fans need to understand.