Sucks to lose Markstrom - I would argue he was playing well, and I thought he was playing well enough to start drawing some interest on the trade market too.
On the positive side, not only do the Flames get to see Wolf in some games which we as fans all want to see as well, but the Flames can figure out what Vladar really is. Knowing that you are going to have the bulk of the workload - especially in a fairly long run of games versus really good teams - is a lot more pressure than being the backup. Hopefully he does well with it. Lots of goalies look great as backups, and then they falter - Rittich I think was a great example. Hopefully Vladar rises to the occasion.
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