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Originally Posted by Anduril
Only major thing I imagine people will bring up is the "3 headed goalie monster" and how he didn't do more to address the position in the middle of the season.
* Ramo and Hiller were adequate, perhaps slightly above in 2013-14 year as a tandem considering the haphazard defense the Flames continued to have after 2014. If anything resigning Ramo was probably for the best considering he was the best goalie until his injury. He missed out on moving Hiller or picking somebody like Neuvirth (I believe him and somebody else IIRC) but it always takes two parties to be interested to make a signing/trade.
* I think you could say Ortio was mishandled to a degree, having to sit behind Hiller and Ramo again despite a strong performance in January 2014. Problem is, he was granted a couple golden opportunities later in the season to give the team AVERAGE goaltending and failed to do that. His AHL performance wasn't too great during that time IIRC.
* Don't know how many Bandaid solutions Treliving would be interested in considering he would have likely paid the same amount for Elliot for an even less experienced/proven goalie. One that would have likely not stayed after the season. With Treliving continuing to preach patience in his methods, I don't think he would be interested in knee jerk reactions like the fanbase would have wanted especially since he had an opportunity to wipe the slate clean with expiring contracts and teams in transition periods (Pittsburgh, Tampa, St. Louis)
Tl;dr 3 separate goalies couldn't perform (something something blame the coach), Treliving didn't panic and overpay for a mediocre stop gap.
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I'm not going to spend the day defending BT. I think this discussion is really silly.
As for the topic of the 3 headed monster.. those who are having issue are not looking at the situation in its entirety, they're picking parts to suit their narrative.
Hiller was under contract and no one wanted him.
Ortio had shown glimpses of taking the next step.
Ramo had been the most consistent of all 3.
Hindsight being great and all, the thought was that the 3 would come in and 2 would be left standing... ya know, that competition thing I mentioned?
Before this ugly situation, I had never seen anyone baulk(sp?) at competition for a position in sport.