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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
Huh? This isn't about roster flexibility. This is about ensuring your potential franchise goaltender (yes, I use that term as this kid is potentially a franchise goaltender) has the opportunity to continue to grow and also allows you to take advantage of a much cheaper back up that is likely already better than Vladar.
Opting to keep a goaltender like Vladar (who at best is a 1B tandem type goalie and at worst a low end backup that we saw last year) around at the expense of Wolf actually moving up and starting 25-30 games in the NHL this season would be a farce.
The message it sends to the Wolf himself and the rest of the prospect pool is also that it really doesn't matter how you perform in the AHL at all and contradicts everything Conroy said when he was hired about ensuring the top prospects have spaces to fight for. Hasn't Wolf already kicked the doors down?
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But if you trade away the back up and make Wolf full time back up and he doesn't steal the net from Markstrom? Now you've got your star prospect playing 20-25 games the entire season because you can't send him down now that you've made him a permanent NHL goalie.
This is asinine. We have free, wonderful flexibility right now to do whatever we want with Wolf this season, and both teams play in the same arena. It's a dream scenario for easing Wolf into the big club and people are mad about it?