But the play of a young net-minder Joni Ortio might just convince the Calgary Flames brass to hold-off on any potential trades.
With a 2-7-2 record, a 2.94 GAA, and a 898 save percentage, you might be thinking that Ortio has been ‘Jonas Hiller’ bad this season.
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But the numbers are not indicative of Ortio’s play.
Ortio hasn’t received any run-support in most of his starts, as the Calgary Flames have scored 2 goals or less 5 times in the last 11 games.
Couple that with the fact that the Flames have had poor defensive-zone coverage all year and you have the perfect storm for a misleading stat-line.