Pages and pages of discussion on Hiller vs. Ortio. I'm genuinely shocked that people are so invested in this. I think we have some idea of what Ortio is at this point after several pro seasons. I don't think that if he were to start every game the rest of the way some sort of revelation would come about as to him becoming our starting goaltender. At best, Ortio can be a backup, but he doesn't have the consistency to be a starter in the NHL. It doesn't really solve our problem though.
Perhaps Treliving and co. have already made a decision as to Ortio's future, and don't need any more games of evidence to be more comfortable with their decision. Perhaps they'd like him to backup in the NHL next year. Perhaps they don't even offer him a contract. Either way, there's very little chance he's our starter next year.
This is why they're bothering to give Backstrom some starts here, as neither Hiller nor Ortio could be a starter, but perhaps Backstrom can give us a season or two as a stop gap. Nobody's really seen him play for over a calendar year, so who knows? One thing is for sure, we've seen both Hiller and Ortio a lot more than Backstrom, and we know what those two have to offer...a lot of losses.
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"You know, that's kinda why I came here, to show that I don't suck that much" ~ Devin Cooley, Professional Goaltender
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