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Originally Posted by Pickle Juice
I do know one thing, if we were talking about Wolf being a forward and accumulating the same type of accolades but stuck in the AHL because the team wasn’t making room for him there would be people with pitch forks around here (myself included). My fear is, at what point does Wolf become like the rest of this team and request a trade? He has nothing left to prove in the AHL and its up to him to prove he doesn’t deserve an NHL job as I believe Conroy put it. Also just another point of contention for me with Conroy in his short stint so far as GM with him making a point that we were going to give the kids a chance to play.
And for those who say he’s better off getting playing time in the AHL then riding the bench in Calgary, I look further north to a player that was in the AHL 2 years ago with worse numbers then Wolf who has taken over the starting job regardless of money. The goal is to win, but he needs that chance to prove it rather then becoming complacent in the same old setting. Just my two cents but out of any prospect on the flames he is the one player I am most excited to see play in the show. Of course this is coming from some random guys tweet that may or may not be true but it is my preference to see Vladar traded and see what we got in this kid.
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I doubt very much Wolf would ask for a trade, especially for this reason.
The Flames were the team that drafted him when all other 30 teams, at the time, passed on him, several times. The Flames also have given him, evidently, everything he’s needed to reach his potential. Everything that seems to come from Wolf is gratitude.
I think the relationship here is pretty strong and Wolf probably understands quite clearly the position the flames are in. they would probably like to make room for Wolf but not in a shortsighted way in which they are bending over backwards, at least not yet. He’s likely to see NHL games this year but may have to be a bit more patient. His time will come.