[PeteMoss]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

Honestly Bingo, I think you took a discussion on this forum and wrote an incredibly simplistic blog entry off of it.

Having three goalies on the roster to to start the season was not ideal. Nobody disagrees with that. But "did the Flames miss the playoffs on July 1"? Seriously? I mean, sure, that is going to resonate well with the overreationaries on this forum, how how does one take such hyperbole seriously?

No. I don't think signing a goalie to ensure there is competition in net during camp is what caused this entire team to fall apart.

If you want to fault Treliving and Hartley, fault them for not simply waiving either Hiller or Ramo on the eve of the regular season. (Or Ortio, if they were willing to take the risk then.) But for signing a guy who did good work for us and whom was necessary both to create competition in training camp and to be there if we suffered an injury? They were waiting on someone to take control, and since nobody did, then sure, they should have just arbitrarily sent someone down. A definite failing. But as a failing, it pales in significance to the play of 90% of this team's roster when you are looking for reasons to explain why we are closer to the Oilers than we are the Kings.

You know it is possible to disagree with someone without coming off like a jerk.