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Originally Posted by Pickle Juice
Agreed, this should be the age that Dustin should be getting his shot! Not sitting in the AHL for another year. A 3 headed goalie tandem does not sound like he is going to get much of an opportunity.
Andrei Vasilevskiy drafted 2012 began in the NHL 2014. 2 years
Connor Hellebuyck drafted 2012 began in the NHL 2015. 3 years
Marc-André Fleury drafted 2003 began in the NHL same year. 0 years
Ilya Sorokin drafted 2014 began in the NHL 2020. 6 years
Juuse Saros drafted 2013 began in the NHL 2016. 3 years
Jake Oettinger drafted 2017 began in the NHL 2020. 3 years
Jacob Markström drafted 2008 began in the NHL 2012. 4 years
Frederik Andersen drafted 2012 began in the NHL 2013. 1 year
Igor Shesterkin drafted 2014 began in the NHL 2019. 5 years
John Gibson drafted 2011 began in the NHL 2014. 3 years
Dustin Wolf drafted 2019 currently 3 years
Just for context in draft terms not age. A few exceptions to the list but this is the typical time frame most of the notable goalies began getting their shots.
Again things can change a lot prior to the season its just my opinion that its time to see him get his chance.
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Except for Sorokin, who was 25 when he finally came over from Russia, every one of those goalies was eased into the NHL the same way we're talking about doing with Wolf.
Wolf is the same age Hellebuyck was when he played 26 games in the NHL and 30 in the AHL while Hutchinson and Pavelec split the rest of the Jets' games.
When Markstrom was 24, he still played more AHL games than NHL.
Although Andersen was drafted by Anaheim in 2012, he had been drafted as a 20 year-old by Carolina in 2010. When he was Wolf's age, he hadn't been drafted by Anaheim yet and was 24 when he played his first NHL game.
Except for Fleury and Vasilevskiy (who were both highly-ranked first rounders), Wolf is on par or even ahead of the development curve of all the others players listed.
Age when they first played more NHL games than AHL / Age when they played their last AHL game (Not including conditioning stints):
- Andrei Vasilevskiy - 21/21
- Connor Hellebuyck - 23/22
- Marc-André Fleury - 18/22
- Ilya Sorokin - 25/25
- Juuse Saros - 22/22
- Jake Oettinger - 21/22
- Jacob Markström - 25/25
- Frederik Andersen - 24/24
- Igor Shesterkin - 24/23
- John Gibson - 21/22
* Age at the start of the NHL season
This will be Wolf's 22 year-old season, and will likely be the first year he plays more NHL games than AHL and the year he plays his final AHL game.