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Originally Posted by dissentowner
Explain how people are voting Wolf over Hickey?
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The DEL and Germany aren't exactly known for producing a lot of players.
- Draisaitl was the first German to be drafted since 2007 and he plays in the CHL
- The last German to be drafted that actually became an NHL player was in 2001
- There have only been 9 German's to ever play over 200 games. Every one of them was drafted.
- There have been four undrafted German's to play in the NHL.
- Ronald Fisher is the most successful. He actually developed at the University of Calgary. He played 18 games in the NHL. He never scored a goal.
- Marcell Mueller is one of the only two undrafted German to actually develop in Germany.
- He is 6'3" 218 LBS (Wolf is 6'2" 216 LBS).
- In his last year in the DEL before being acquired he put up 53 GP 24 G 22 A 122 PIMS (Wolf put up 48 GP 14 G 26 A 152 PIMS)
- He started in the AHL but got a 3 game call up in January. He played two seasons for Toronto in the AHL before playing one season in the SEL and then returning to the DEL.
That doesn't paint a very rosy picture of Wolf's chances. The only fair comparable to Wolf is Mueller and he didn't have a successful NHL career.
That said, with only one comparable it isn't a fair sample size. Wolf might be facing long odds, but if he is successful he may have that combination of skill, toughness, and meanness that is really valuable in the bottom 9. I have Wolf, Hickey, and Mattsson really close.