Personally, as long as we see Ortio the rest of the way after Minny, everything that has been done so far makes sense.
- Get Backstrom a game prior to his homecoming so he can get back to NHL speed (remember he hadn't played in over a year).
- Give Hiller a final road start against a bottom feeder, secretly hoping his ineptitude shines through (which it did).
- Backstom against the Wild is just straight class.
Ortio the rest of the way please.
It may be a bit revisionist, but I was a n Ortio supporter from day one. I think this season could have gone quite a bit differently if they gave Ortio the 3 or 4 starts in a row to figure it out early on. We would have ended up with Ramo-Ortio (as I think was always intended) and possibly could have been in a better position around Christmas time. So many of our top players are hitting career years, we shouldn't be this far out.
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