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Originally Posted by tvp2003
So what has happened with Ortio? 6 years of development from a 6th round pick to an AHL all-star and flashes of brilliance in limited NHL action. Trending in the right direction with an NHL job ready for the taking. Then this year -- off a cliff to start the year and seemingly out the door at the end of the season. If Ortio doesn't fit into the overall plans and walks at the end of the season, that will be a significant black mark on the Flames and their development framework. Treliving, Hartley and Sigalet need to do better -- especially Sigalet. if he cant do it let's find someone else who can.
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Ortio is only 24-years-old, which is still quite young for a NHL goalie. I don't know that anything has gone disastrously wrong, I tend to think rather that he has hit a snag in his development. He still has a fair bit of time to find NHL success.
As for Sigalet and the Flames, this is a 6th round pick we are talking about. For him to have played as many games as he has in the NHL already is arguably a pretty good sign of successful development. It does not sound like he is in the Flames' plans moving forward, and if this is indeed the case, then I would expect it is because the coaches are not convinced about his long-term potential. In other words, like well over 90% of sixth-round draft picks, this is yet another player on whom the team took a low-risk chance that didn't pan out. If he is not good enough, then there really isn't anything anyone could have done to change that.