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Originally Posted by bubbsy
Just replying to the posts above regarding BT and the goaltending....
Ramo/Hiller were easily one of the lesser tandems in the entire league, but to go into the season with Ortio there also, i think just disrupted & distracted these guys, making average goaltenders -> bad goaltenders in the process..
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I'm sorry but I disagree with this completely. There is no evidence to suggest that carrying three goalies as opposed to two will make all of the goalies worse. The obvious answer is that all three goalies are below average and when you combine that with Hartley's 'system', it can produce disastrous results.
I think last year, Hartley was better at guessing who should start, or at least recognizing who was hot. This year, he seemed to lack that Midas touch or, more likely, all three were cold to start the year so there was no right choice.