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Originally Posted by kyuss275
If the flames were not sold on Ortio then signing Ramo made some sense on July 1st. The part that never made sense to me was him getting $3.8 million?
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From listening to Ramo speak after signing, it seems like he may have had a couple short term deal offers from other teams. Maybe the Flames had to bump their price a bit to compete more with other offers, paying a small premium to get a guy they know and who has good relations with the team already.
Still say it was the right move, I had thought/hoped Ramo could solidify himself over Hiller for a few reasons: I think Hiller would have had more trade value (although by the looks of things neither was getting any return); I personally think Ramo is better; and I think having another Finn would be good for Ortio's transition (although Hiller has a good amount more NHL experience).
But it was getting to the point where it didn't matter, just pick one. Kind of surprised they picked the younger cheaper one.