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Originally Posted by Fire
Your logic is flawed. No way Treliving risks losing Ortio on waivers and keeps two pending UFAs.
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On the fan960, Ryan and Pete were saying the Flames would not be afraid of losing Ortio on waivers, and they said there's a good chance no one would even take him. This was later echoed by Pat later on in the day. Their logic was that basically every team already has a back-up and has no need.
Ortio has had one season over 92% in his career (since 2009), and Gillies has had 3 consecutive 93%+ seasons. None of Ortio's performances at any levels were close to what Gillies has done.
Gillies basically won the NCAA this year by himself. He was also in the world juniors. He's also 6'5 and is extremely consistent.
Saying Ortio is more proven isn't really a strong point. He had an unimpressive 91.2% in the AHL this year. His NHL save percentage is a horrendous 89.9% overall. That just mean's hes proven that he has been terrible at the NHL level and average at the AHL level. It's like saying Raffi Torres is better than Connor McDavid, because Torres is more proven.
In Ortio's rookie season in the AHL, he had 89%. If Gillies is anywhere near that bad, I will be shocked.