Hartley needs to swallow his pride and start Joni regardless of his reasoning. There was no reason not to start him tonight... In fact there were plenty of reasons to start Ortio.
We know that Jonas is not back next year. Give the ball to the player who's future is still questionable. We made the playoffs large in part of Ortios winning stretch last year and then he came out and was given a less than ideal chance. Starting against the hottest team in the league after being the third goalie all year, replacing Hiller in a losing cause, etc are all "fill in" games. Give him a legitimate stretch.
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