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Originally Posted by bdubbs
Hasn't Wolf also said that he just wants to play as much as he can, regardless of where?
Seems like the kid is less worried than us forum dwellers.
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As I said above, his attitude speaks volumes to his character. Its great that he wants to do his part. I am more commenting on what it says the attitude of the Flames is that they
seem to value him so little. I emphasize the word seem to reiterate that it just doesn't appear they are rolling out the red carpet. Again, I keep thinking about any other situation outside of sports. You roll out the red carpet for your top performers. But in sports, fans get some warped idea that players have to all love the teams they play for regardless of how they are treated. Its such a one sided toxic relationship. But good on Wolf for being a shining example of that humble hockey player we all are used to. (not sarcasm BTW)
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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
The hand wringing is super weird on this one. People are acting like they know better than Wolf how Wolf should feel about it and that the Flames are… lying? for some reason? or something?
Bizarre.
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Lets be honest. It's basically just me. And it's not something I lose sleep over. I personally feel like lots of organizations in sports are not willing to give youth a chance. So I like to talk about it. (it actually goes back to my Wings days when they used to overcook their prospects) I think what I find so fascinating about this specific circumstance is that it is pretty black and white. This is not a tweener situation where there is not much impact. This is no Jamie Lundmark or Matthew Phillips. This is your potential franchise goalie. The stakes couldn't be much higher. And the dude has hit homerun after homerun. And the response from the fan base is "have fun in the AHL while we try and drum up a 4th round pick in exchange for Dan Vladar".