Bad news for the promising young netminder but in terms of the Calgary Flames, this stands to benefit Joni Ortio further who was recently relegated to the AHL affiliate, Stockton Heat and should now be their guaranteed starting tender.
This does not spell disaster for Gillies, as Treliving, stated in an interview on the NHL official site, expects him to ‘come to camp and push next fall.’
Surely not the line Calgary Flames fans wanted to hear after learning about his injury, even more so as he was off to a great start posting a 2.