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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
Easy pot shot, but irrelevant to the matter at hand.
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The Flames have two mediocre veterans that are pending free agents and an NHL ready up and commer who is waiver eligible and a pending RFA.
The GMs thought process is probably that he wants to see what he has in the up and commer so he can figure out how to manage his goalie situation.
The coaches thought process should be that the two mediocre goalies that are playing terrible and won't be any better then mediocre. So he might as well see what he has in the up and commer so he can figure out how to manage his goalie situation.
Different thought process, same conclusion.
I don't know of Hartley came to a premature negative conclusion on Ortio, if he was sticking with his vets out of loyalty, or if he was bitter he had to deal with a three goalie situation. But he made the wrong decisions and now neither the coach or GM have the data on Ortio to make intelligent decisions going forward.
The only argument is "he was doing what he thought gave them the best chance to win." But they aren't winning and goal tending is a big part of the problem. Pot shot or not, it certainly isn't irrelevant. In fact it is one of the only things that is.