[News] Flames recall Ortio. Assign Thiessen to Adirondack

[heep223]

Yep. Awesome that's he's able to backup.

[Drury18]

Turku Goaliebot 2.0 bug patch has been successfully installed!

Now to change settings to "God Mode".

[polak]

Huge relief should, god forbid, something happen to Hiller.

[foshizzle11]

I had a bad high ankle sprain a couple of times. The first time was the worst. Had a walking cast but also wanted to play the last weekend of my CIS career, so I had 4 days to get it good enough I could run without pain.

A lot of rest, walking cast and a really good tape job specific for high ankle sprains and I played and I played just fine. After the games I played, I was in pain but I didn't do any further damage.

It is doable, maybe not 100% but you sure feel like 100% with the help from great taping, icing after the game, taking some advil and resting when you aren't playing.

He is probably pretty close to being ready, like 95%.

[ramizle]

An interesting thought, is it illegal to play two goalies on goal? Say, it's a minute left and the opposing team has pulled their goalie..

[sureLoss]

In reference to how important backup goalies have been to the Flames this season:

Darren Haynes @DarrenWHaynes
Hartley's pulled his starting goalie eight times. The guy in relief has given up one goal on 80 shots in 195+ mins -- a 0.31 GAA, 0.988 SV%.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by ramizle

An interesting thought, is it illegal to play two goalies on goal? Say, it's a minute left and the opposing team has pulled their goalie..

Yes, the rule book specifically forbids this.

[Bandwagon In Flames]

Not to mention that Hiller won't be able to get away with many more performances like against Phoenix. There's a legit goalie that can replace him if it comes down to it.

[dammage79]

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by ramizle

An interesting thought, is it illegal to play two goalies on goal? Say, it's a minute left and the opposing team has pulled their goalie..

I feel like if this were possible, someone would've tried it by now.

[heep223]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814

I feel like if this were possible, someone would've tried it by now.

It'd be pretty funny though if the NHL totally overlooked it because of how ridiculous it is, and it actually wasn't in the rule book....

[Passe La Puck]

Someone did try it before, it came up in another thread but someone did it in the 1920s or something against Montreal I think. It failed miserably the two goalies kept running into each other and they lost the game many goals to none.

[AC]

[BurningSteel]

Originally Posted by codynw

Wasn't Ortio complaining about still being in pain as recently as yesterday's practice? I didn't think he'd be ready yet.

Probably gave him a shot of 1/2 Giordano 1/2 Bouma blood transfusion.

[MyFlamesFirst]

This is obviously a huge relief. I wonder if Ramo's injury is worse than originally thought.

[IamNotKenKing]

Originally Posted by MyFlamesFirst

This is obviously a huge relief. I wonder if Ramo's injury is worse than originally thought.

Not relevant at all. Ortio gives us a better chance to win, if needed, than Thiessen does. That is all.

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by Gaudfather

Wow - must be that magic water in Calgary that speeds your healing! So is he the backup in place of Thiessen tonite?

If so, hopefully Gio has been drinking that water since his injury.

[CroFlames]

I feel like I need to add Turku to my bucket list of places to visit.

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

In reference to how important backup goalies have been to the Flames this season:

Darren Haynes @DarrenWHaynes
Hartley's pulled his starting goalie eight times. The guy in relief has given up one goal on 80 shots in 195+ mins -- a 0.31 GAA, 0.988 SV%.

Interesting. I wonder how this compares to the league average for relief goalies (versus overall goaltending averages) considering the circumstances of the game at the time a goalie is pulled.

[GreenLantern]

Collective sigh of relief.

Lock up the spot tonight then give Hiller Saturday off to prepare for the playoffs.