There was a time when size was a more important factor (think Berra, Karlsson years), but goalie coaches have since moved onto valuing athleticism at least equally to size.
Wolf has plenty of that, but I was actually pretty bearish on him because of the lack of size. He's a hyper athletic goalie and originally I thought he would trend towards Malcolm Subban territory... moves really well, relies on it, and guesses.
But this preseason I watched him very closely in the period he played. I changed my mind.
Yes, he's extremely mobile but the interesting thing is that he seems to be aware of his lack of size. Has the core strength to play upright when he needs to and his reads on plays are fantastic. He is not a guesser. Understands depth really well (which IMO is one of the main things between AHL-> NHL) and uses his explosiveness in a really composed/compact way.
So yeah, combined with his AHL results I'm now pretty bullish on his career trajectory and the Juuse Saros comparable is a pretty good one. Another comparable I would use is Jaroslav Halak.
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