[Maritime Q-Scout]

I recently heard a rumour (so take it with a grain of salt) that when Ortio was in the AHL he was extremely lazy and would give every excuse not to practice or workout. Apparently, he'd play the "I need physio" card to get out of practices on a regular basis.

Is that true? I don't know, but if he was doing that in the NHL it explains his lack of starts, and lackluster performances.

Conversely, I heard (from the same source, but it was second hand to them as well, so again, grain of salt) that when Ramo got sent down this year, he showed up to Stockton and said "I'll do whatever it takes to get back in the NHL, tell me what I have to do and I'll do it".

He gets called back up and is playing well as of late (not saying amazing but decently well).

Now Ortio is getting sent down.

Perhaps this is the kick in the pants that Ortio needs?

Again, second hand source which may very well be wrong.