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Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan
So let me get this straight, it's an embarassment we don't want to throw a very promising goaltender to the wolves? Wolf is going to get his time, we are going to work him in. We are fortunate to have the Wranglers in Calgary to allow him to start games in Calgary and without hectic travel. He should be hitting up the road games with the Wranglers and playing more home games than not. Or whatever management wants to do.
The biggest concern I have with your brilliant idea of just slotting him in as backup is the potential injury concern to Markstrom. Assuming Vladar is gone, since he is the easiest to move, let's assume Markstrom is injured. That leaves us with Wolf and Dansk as our goalies. I am not comfortable with that tandem at all. Whether Wolf is one of the best goalie prospects or not, you need some sheltering when first entering the league. How do you think Saaros became one of the best? Eased in by Rinne. Shesterkin/Lundqvist, remeber that? Let us do the same with Markstrom and Wolf, Wolf will eventually surpass him if he continues his current trajectory, and he will surpass him rather quick too. Right now we need to focus on either utilizing Vladar as the backup and a trade chip for another desperate team, because injuries do happen. Not all teams have the luxury of a top goalie prospect more than capable of playing the backup spot.
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This is a veteran team with a veteran defense that missed the playoffs by one game and allowed the 3rd fewest shots in the league.
Wolf needs to play 30 games in the NHL this season, at minimum.
He’s 22.
Price had been in the show two years by that age.
Don’t gift him the net, but let’s not pretend this is some Penguins-starting-18-year-Old Fleury as a bottom feeder scenario.
If they have any aspirations of being in the hunt for a playoff spot, they need him.