Ever since Miikka Kiprusoff retired, the Calgary Flames’ goaltending has been in a state of flux. It’s gone from Karri Ramo to Jonas Hiller and back and forth to Brian Elliott and Chad Johnson and back and forth, without any one guy ever really cementing himself as a starter long term.
Ramo’s three straight seasons and 159 games is the longest tenure the Flames have experienced – and he was a .911 goalie over that time. That’s not good enough, not for the direction the Flames are heading. The hope when Elliott was acquired was that he would establish himself as the new starter, but after a very up-and-down season, that appears to be in question, as well.