Joni "Oreo" Ortio

[hockey.modern]

Yikes... Didn't expect it to turn into this..

[longsuffering]

Originally Posted by thymebalm

Let's not allow ourselves to succumb to a level of hyper sensitivity that inhibits our ability to use puns and enjoy harmless wordplay.

If Ortio were of mixed light/dark heritage and the nickname was being used as an attempt to degrade him, then by all means blow your whistle.

However.

If people decide to call Ortio Oreo because the names are really similar, and Oreos look like the 0 that Ortio posted on the game sheet tonight, and that he's a cookie-monster eating up would be goals and that makes you want to call him Oreo, well then there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Context, people.

This!

[Puppet Guy]

[DJones]

Ugh, I did not need to read this nonsense this early.

His name will always being Oreo to me now. I will pretend the t doesn't exist haha.

[Lanny'sDaMan]

Originally Posted by saillias

Chips Ahoy > Oreos

Fight me

Or, you could like a REAL cookie and not all that garbage.

[Itse]

Originally Posted by Vulcan

It's too late for that, the cat is out of the bag.

Umm, what? It's literally impossible to reclaim words that have not been "claimed" first for some other purpose (in this case as a slur), so this comment makes no sense.

[Tacopuck]

Were we not calling him Ketchup or something back in January? Or am I thinking of someone else

[Huntingwhale]

Originally Posted by NewFan

So are we talking about Oreos? I'm from Asia so I guess I can be Oreo too.

Actually, the term for that is banana. Someone who is yellow on the outside, white on the inside.

The opposite is egger. White on the outside, yellow on the inside.

Either way, complaining about the term Oreo, and quoting urban dictionary is a big failure. Sorry Vulcan.

To get back to the OP's point, yes I do believe Ortio to be a legit #1 down the road. Maybe not this season or next, but Finnish goalies are often late bloomers and really come to their own in their late 20s (Kipper, Rinne to name a few). The fact that he comes from Turku and trained with Kipper is enough to convince me.

This article has been posted before, but I'll post it again in case anybody is in doubt of how a Finnish goaltender comes to fruition. Some great quotes by Ortio in that article as well.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...s-here/357579/

Never ever doubt a Finnish goalie. I would be perfectly content going with 2 Finnish goalies this season and Hiller being the odd man out. And I am a huge Hiller fan.

[Poe969]

Originally Posted by Lanny'sDaMan

Or, you could like a REAL cookie and not all that garbage.

The Voortman logo is sexist towards women and racist towards people from the Netherlands....

And there's a hole in the middle! There are no holes in Ortio's game, that's why he gets "the shutout"

I honestly think he's going to be the starter by the end of the year. It looks great to have a few really good goalie prospects and a young goalie on the roster that has this much potential. Things are looking good and it's hard not to get excited about this team!

[Bandwagon In Flames]

I guess there's only 2 people on CP that actually want to talk about Ortio.. Very sad and disrespectful to a goalie who just posted a shutout in the most important game of his career.

Thanks Vulcan for instantly derailing this thread with your ridiculously over sensitive post. I cannot believe you actually think this way. It's that kind of mindset that's turning our society into a place where people fear saying anything in case it offends someone. Maybe you should write a nasty letter to Oreo and ask them to change the name of their cookie because it's also a racial slur and offends people.

I MEAN SERIOUSLY? WE CAN'T CALL A FINNISH GOALIE A COOKIE BRAND???

[Reggie Dunlop]

Domino.

Finnish brand of chocolate cookie with creme filling

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by Lanny'sDaMan

Well, looks like we have a new nickname for Hall.

[Vinny01]

On topic I really hope Ortio turns into our starting goalie this year and puts up number 1 stats. I think we know what we have in Hiller and Ramo which is average goaltending with hot and cold streaks. The flames need a legit stud if they want to make more noise than last year and it would be amazing if that came in the form of Ortio.

[Itse]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

Domino.

Finnish brand of chocolate cookie with creme filling

These are actually much better than Oreos.

[Moderator]

Suggestion: Start a new thread that remains on topic.