At this point, Sutter and the management have to be thinking that Markstrom is a lost cause this season, and Vladar is good in a backup role, but may not be capable of being a reliable starter night in, night out.
So they got nothing to lose in calling up Wolf to try to salvage this season. If he's gonna be as a great as some hope he'll be, this could be his moment if he can help carry the team to the playoffs. If he doesn't perform well enough in a couple starts? That's okay, send him back down and treat this as a learning experience for him. He's still very young and can continue on that development path if he ain't ready yet.
What do the Flames have to lose by giving it a shot?
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