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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
I am all for poking fun at Ricardo but his post has some good points.
Ortio has been good at the AHL level, maybe very good, but not dominant. There were well over a dozen goalies with better results last year. Yes Ortio did better after a slow start. But you can't just take out a players bad games when assessing their performance.
His NHL performance has shown flashes. Some good but some bad too.
I think he is a reasonable backup on a rebuilding team. Or a team with a true workhorse number one.
The Flames are acting like a contending team with 1a and 1b goalies. A poor fit for Ortio
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No his post is all over the place and just has random stats that don't mean anything out of context as usual.
Ortio had a better record 2 years ago because the AHL team actually had veteran players who would play over rookies. The AHL squad last year was very much about developing the prospects instead of giving Veterans ice time to win games. Look at their record with Ortio in the line-up and without. That tells you all you need to know. Ortio was a beast last season given the very inexperienced team in front of him. The only reason they missed the playoffs was because Ortio was injured. They would of been a lock otherwise.
Even after playing 2 of 3 pre-season games with an AHL squad in front of him, his preseason save % is still .946.
You should feel bad for backing up a Ricardo post... He belongs on everyone's ignore list unless you want to get an ulcer.