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When could Joni Ortio actually get a start?

The Flames' goaltending has essentially been an unmitigated disaster all season long, with a brief period of Karri Ramo relief after one goalie finally claimed the starter's mantle and had the opportunity to start several games in a row.

Jonas Hiller and Ramo had formed a league average tandem the season before that helped the Flames get to the playoffs. Joni Ortio, newly waiver-eligible, was to be the next hope. No goalie separated himself in pre-season. And everything went wrong from there on out.

Now, though, we're at the pair of netminders the Flames likely would have had, had they not chosen to re-sign Ramo right before free agency opened: Hiller and Ortio.