Remember the summer? Brad Treliving spoke often about the Calgary Flames' goalie depth. They felt they had three good goalies, to the point where they were terrified that Joni Ortio would be claimed off waivers if they tried to send him to the American Hockey League. So they carried three goalies, despite conventional wisdom saying that was a horrible idea.
Then the regular season began. All three main-roster goalies under-performed. And after demotions, injuries and 22 games of underwhelming hockey, today the Flames finally threw it the towel on Joni Ortio, NHL Goaltender for now. (And maybe forever in terms of him being a Calgary Flame.