08-20-2023, 02:22 PM
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Franchise Player
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https://www.nhl.com/news/calgary-fla...ews_content_id
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"To me he's ready to play in the NHL, but I also don't think he can't play too much in the American Hockey League," said Sigalet, who watched Wolf stop 23 of 24 shots in his NHL debut, a 3-1 win against the San Jose Sharks in Calgary's regular-season finale on April 12. "It's a good situation to have to have three really good goalies and three guys who can play.
"What else does he have to prove, right? He's just such a dialed-in, focused, mature kid for his age. Ever since he slipped to the seventh round he has a fire lit under him and he wants to prove everyone wrong and he's continued to do it. [He] did it the first year and everyone probably thought, 'Oh, it's just a fluke, he's not going to do it again,' and then he wins even more awards (the second year). Just a real impressive goalie."
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"The one thing is with Dustin is he's such a focused individual," Calgary general manager Craig Conroy said during Flames development camp last month. "He's not worried about where he plays. He just wants to play. There's not that stress of 'He's got to be in the NHL right when camp starts.' He just knows 'I want to play games' and that's the big thing. As you move closer you never know. We'll work through that at our own pace. There's no hurry to do anything."
Still, Wolf understands it'll be his job to force Conroy and Calgary's management group into a tough choice in training camp.
"They know that I'm trying to push the barrier and make things hard on them to make decisions," Wolf said. "That's just been their message -- no matter what happens, if you start up or start down (in the minors) next season that you just keep doing what you're doing and your opportunity is going to come.
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