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Originally Posted by heep223
2 game sample size, one of which was preseason, is enough to "prove" that he's not good enough to compete with Hiller and Ramo?. I could pick out at least 10-15 games this season when Ramo or Hiller were not just bad, but god awful.
I feel like Ortio hasn't really gotten a chance.
That said, he should have gone back to the AHL with a bee in his bonnet and eager to prove himself. It seems the opposite has happened.
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That's not the way the NHL and the world works. Ortio did get his chance this year, and he completely blew it. He was terrible in those 2 games. Because of that he didn't deserve another chance. You talk about Hiller and Ramo getting a slightly longer leash to work out their problems, that is because they are proven NHL goalies. That world and the NHL work like that. Veterans will always have a slightly longer leash.
Why did Ortio deserve another start after completely crapping those two games away? He didn't. So he didn't get one. A coach isn't going to keep playing a rookie goalie if he doesn't impress, that would be stupid and incompetent.
Blows my mind these people that think Ortio should just have kept getting played despite playing terrible. He got his shot, he completely blew it. I'm sure he had additional chances to impress in practice and failed to do so. He hasn't been very good this year overall and people wanted him handed NHL starts? He wasn't even very good in the AHL when he got sent down and people wanted him handed NHL starts? Always earned, never given. Ramo and Hiller have been earning their starts for years, Ortio's play this year hasn't earned him any more starts and for good reason.