Hartley Talks Goaltending, Says Very Little
By Ryan Pike
8 years agoBob Hartley’s post-game press conference was pretty interesting tonight.
Not in the sense that he broke any news – Jiri Hudler’s just fine, by the way – but he had a really interesting series of exchanges with Sportsnet’s Roger Millions regarding the team’s goaltending situation.
Quotes after the jump.
(Millions’ questions are bolded. Hartley’s answers in italics.)
Has anything occurred to clarify who your starting goaltender will be?
Yeah, like, I think it’s pretty clear in our mind, where I don’t know yet on which day we’re going to come out with it, but I don’t think it would be a big surprise.
[A few other media members asked questions.]
Will you carry three goaltenders?
(Hartley smiles) I don’t know. We didn’t talk to no one yet. I would like to make sure I sit with those guys rather than they learn it by watching the news.
Had to ask.
[A few other media members asked questions.]
Do contract values muddle the decision on goaltending because of the way things are with three one-ways?
I’ll repeat an answer that I give last year: I’m not a banker, I’m a coach. You’re asking the questions to the wrong guy, Rog. You probably spend the entire afternoon to figure out those great questions.
I’m asking the right guy, he’s just not giving me the answers.
They’re pretty good, Rog.
And so the press conference ended, without much being resolved.
A decision has been made. They haven’t spoken to their goalies about the decision yet. That would lead one to believe that they’re carrying two goalies – because why would you talk to somebody if all three guys are staying, although you would probably want to explain to them why all three guys were staying if that were the case, too.
For the curious, the final pre-season stats. Hiller has the best stats but had the most home games with NHL defensive groups. Ortio had two road games with AHL defensive groups. Ramo had a mix of both.
| GP | MP | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | Pre-Season Games | |
| Hiller | 3 | 119 | 2 | 1.01 | 57 | 96.5 | vs EDM, vs VAN, vs COL |
| Ortio | 3 | 148 | 4 | 1.62 | 74 | 94.6 | vs EDM, @ COL, @ WPG |
| Ramo | 4 | 191 | 6 | 1.88 | 101 | 94.1 | @ EDM, @ VAN, vs COL, vs WPG |
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