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I don't know whether he has played most of his career in the ECHL, but, maybe it could be a timing issue as well if he is dropping too soon. I get he is a work in progress, as is Ortio. Things are looking up with Ortio though. Mind you, two games are a small sample size and you can never tell with these things.
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I think it is good to give Ortio some games to know what the NHL is like and then get season ending assignments on what he can work on to improve. Send him down for the playoff push and get him some meaningful games. Roy didn't look that great against the Griffins. He looked more like a back up goalie. Anytime the Griffins were in the Heat zone I never felt comfortable as he looked pretty shaky and out of position. With that said, the Heat did lose in the shoot out...
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I think we play Ortio until Ramo comes back, then send Ortio back down to play good minutes in the AHL and hopefully lead the team well into the Playoffs. That kind of pressure is better for his development. I didn't see the game, but watched the replays on this site. I feel like his side to side movements aren't as fluent as Ramo's but maybe that's age and position? Not bringing him down, but being that he's still young and developing, given the way he's playing, it's a good sign. Hopefully he continues to develop and get better. I like his demeanour most of all. The fact he is so laid back about his approach makes for a hard as nails attitude.
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I think that with the Ramo injury, Ortio is the guy for now with MacDonald as the back-up.
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Do you think that Fleury was one of those goalies who benefited from the equipment before the new regulations were put in place? First it was shoulder pad regulations, then goalie pads... He has sucked for awhile, it is unbelievable the Pens still have faith in him... ?
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I guess Ortio is #1 until Ramo is back... I hear MacDonald was called up...
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I was at last night's Heat game and thought Roy was very ordinary. The Griffins held the play for about half the game, so they deserved the win, but the Heat could have easily won at the same time. So I wished Ortio was playing last night for the Heat. I hope he can have a good playoff too. The Heat could use a different philosophy, but then that is another conversation...
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I think, if you give him a game or two the Flames would get a sense of what he needs to work on against NHL opponents. He would get his summer assignment of what to work on over the summer.
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To be fair, so far there are 3 who are almost guaranteed NHL players, Baertschi, Monahan, and Brodie. The others still have a lot to prove. So. What is different about the scout team from the past than it is now? I really don't know who the scouts are, and I think we must have added a few more across the board. Monahan was the BPA (a no brainer) and Baertschi was a last minutes decision...
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I like that we're winning and trying, but I have to agree with you. I understand that teams like the NYI aren't going anywhere yet constantly draft high, but that's because Snow is a tool. He trades Moulson and more for Vanek and now will probably get less than he gave up, yet could have got more from a deal that involved Moulson. But that kind of management gets you no where… Now, we, I believe, since our drafting has been elbowing forever needs to be in the top 5 and I say even top 3 because we can be almost guaranteed a decent pick can possibly push the team forward. I am happy we're winning, but I am worried it's at a cost of a top3 pick, and it may just catapult us back to drafting 6th or 7th or something like that if we keep this up. I just don't trust the Flames' scouts yet. It has been too long without that draft win and for the most part, drafting nobodies. Everyone says, but wait until after the trade deadline as we will get rid of a few players and we'll lose more than we win. We said that last year and we won a lot and I am happy with Monahan, but this year's apparently not a good draft year, so anyone past 5th overall could be a wash, even though you never know. I'd prefer to draft the players who are closer to a sure thing. I also don't like the idea of losing on purpose. If you look at each goalie in those 5 wins, I don't think any of them were a starters. Anyway, I don't think we need a goalie right now who is going to hide deficiencies. We'd get blasted in the playoffs, well, maybe we'd win a few.
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I agree, I just think we're about 2 years away from looking for a new goalie if that's going to happen. The team has too many shortcomings to search that guy out just yet. We can ruin a goalies' confidence if we get him too early and then what? We waste more assets on finding a good goalie. For me, I stay the course for a bit and when the team starts putting things together I'd look into it. I'd rather know that the holes are filled before putting someone between the pipes to hide what we're lacking, much like what Kipper did for us while he was here.
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I wonder though how good or bad these two goalies really are. I wonder what Ramo, in particular, would do with a real team in front of him with a good defence? He isn't consistent, but I also wonder how much it has to do with the team. We're so used to Kipper that most don't know what good goaltending looks like as Kipper was really good and not just good. How do we really know if Ramo is good with the state of the team? So we trade Ramo for a bag of pucks to a team willing to give him a chance, who can actually play D, then he's lights out, then what? Of course it's a hypothetical, but it could happen… Osgood didn't need to be great in Detroit and how many Cups did he win?
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I feel like we don't give our goaltending the benefit of the doubt. We never take into consideration the saves they're not suppose to make and then when the team doesn't get enough goals to bail out the goalies, we still blame it on the goalies. Like I say, it works both ways, the goalies bail out the team, and sometimes the team needs to bail out the goalies with goal support.
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I think a part of that has to do with the defense. If Butler gets the puck out a few games ago, we win that game. I think it goes both ways as Berra/Ramo could make those saves too. It's a team game. What was the score in that game? I know the score, but I am just saying, they guy only let in how many goals? If that's not giving your team a chance to win, then what is? If you can't score more than one goal, you can't expect to win many games that way.
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I feel like the goalies are learning how to play in the NHL and deserve some leeway. They're basically playing them knowing they're going to make these mistakes much like they know players like Brodie, Monahan and Colburne are going to make mistakes learning to play the NHL game in the NHL. And it is obvious the team makes mistakes, I know goalies are suppose to stop some, but losing 2-1, we only got 1 goal and that more times than not isn't going to cut it. One more goal and they're at least in overtime or in the shoot out.
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Are we allowed to send a player down to have 3 goalies up?
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Maybe the Flames want to do a surprise ceremony for the Fans in the first home game and are keeping it tight lip?
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A not so new, new member... I got confused about the spam filter and lost my old profile... Here's #3
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What were your previous member names?
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robindr and robindr74...
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try again now?
