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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
A) Carrying three goalies on an NHL roster is vanishingly rare.
B) Carrying three goalies on an NHL roster is universally regarded as a bad thing.
So how did the Flames find themselves in this situation? What unforeseen events forced their hand and left them with no choice but to start the season with three goalies on the NHL roster, when this is something virtually every other team in the NHL manages to avoid every year?
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Well said here... a lot is said for players who miss training camp or the start of the season taking half a year to find their groove. Ortio was pretty much in that situation sitting in the press box. His "chances to prove himself" with sporadic starts reminds me of years reminds me of the goaltending graveyard of the backup position behind Kiprusoff for a decade.
Ortio, in case people forget, was the MVP of our farm team last year. He was steller in his callups. I get the "create competition" and everything, but Ortio won the position last year, IMO... again I generally like Treliving, but this three headed monster was a huge, toxic mistake.