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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
First of all the head coach is not a fan. 2nd of all management has been extremely disappointed by the performance of the goaltenders and their top offseason focus is improving in this area and there is slim to no chance they bring back Ortio to be the backup (Ramo and Hiller will not be back) next season. After seeing an entire season derailed in the first two months of the season due largely to goaltending they are going to take absolutely no chances on a repeat situation so unless they can pry Bishop away from TB you should expect most likely Reimer and an experienced 1B/backup in a situation not much different from year one of Hiller/Ramo (before they were both terrible) where they will run with the hot goaltender if they need to.
Now if Ortio is lights out over the stretch drive that may change things but so far he's been good but not really good and I believe he needs to be really good for them to take a chance on him.
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So, what, he needs to score goals as well? Based on his performance, he should have 3 wins in his last 4 starts but the rest of the team is playing like garbage and can't score if their life depended on it.
Ortio is still. relatively young. Kipper was like 27 when we got him.
I truly believe that what he needs the most is confidence and trust from Hartley. He plays bad, gets benched. Hiller plays bad, gets another start...