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Originally Posted by 1qqaaz
This isn't my point.
Getting early NHL experience is essential for development.
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No, it isn't.
(What is gratuitously asserted can be gratuitously denied. Ball in your court on this one.)
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At this point, it's obvious Wolf has earned an NHL start.
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It wasn't obvious to me after watching him in the Wranglers' season opener. That did not look like a goalie with nothing left to work on in the AHL.
But if it is obvious, so what? Which of the goalies ahead of him on the depth chart do you want to get rid of to make room for him?
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If someone has the AHL, the only way to know whether they are elite is to actually attempt to develop them in the NHL.
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The NHL is not a development league. And frankly, it's highly unlikely that Wolf turns out to be an elite goalie in any circumstances. There's a reason why he was drafted in the seventh round, or have you forgotten about that?
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This is especially true since many goalies randomly play better in the NHL than they ever did in the AHL.
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Most don't. And if it happens ‘randomly’, then any coach would be an idiot to count on it in a particular case.