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According to Hartley's presser, Ortio will be heading to Abbotsford tomorrow.
Not surprised, hopefully this helps the Heat in a big way.
Not surprised, hopefully this helps the Heat in a big way.
According to Hartley's presser, Ortio will be heading to Abbotsford tomorrow.
Not surprised, hopefully this helps the Heat in a big way.
Great. Irving 2.0
AHL star that can't stop a beach ball in the show.
Great. Irving 2.0
AHL star that can't stop a beach ball in the show.
Great. Irving 2.0
AHL star that can't stop a beach ball in the show.
Great. Irving 2.0
AHL star that can't stop a beach ball in the show.
It should be pointed out that according to the Flames' web team, Ortio had to be sent back because he was originally called up as an injury replacement for Ramo. So there really isn't any sort of message to read into in this move.
Best thing for him, he's got a taste, he faired quite well at times, now he needs lots of starts and wins to build off of. Overall I came away really impressed with him.
I really liked seeing ihm up. I think he was rivaling Ramo personally, and while there were some shaky moments, he definitely was good. Considering he hasn't quite played against the level of competition Ramo has or for nearly as long in that level, he was great. I definitely feel he is better than Irving was, and I think with this call up, Ortio has proven he is at least a capable backup in the NHL. He started for a month and didn't really look out of place too much.
I am fully down with the idea of a Ramo/Ortio tandem next year, and give them both a shot to a degree, but make it a bit of a ride the hot hand scenario, whoever plays best gets the most starts, let them compete. I don't think Ortio is very far behind Ramo, and I think there is more room for him to improve than with Ramo.
Only consistent tick I noticed in Ortio's game was that sometimes he allowed goals in where he ended up with his pad in the net. I'm sure it's something that can be worked on in terms of leg strength, but the goal last night, the first goal he allowed (which was against Dustin Brown, I think) and a couple others, some part of his movement caused him to push his own leg backwards into the net. Anyone else notice that?
Should have sent Joey MacDonald back down. I'm not quite sure though what the conditions are regarding the goalies at this time in regards to sending them down.