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Originally Posted by FanIn80
Two things...
First: Markstrom has been insanely good as of late. Like, Vezina good.
Second: Play Wolf like he's the starter while Marky's out. Nothing against Vladar, but this is yet another opportunity to finally see what "NHL Wolf" looks like. Let him play. Give him the net and tell him it's his until Markstrom's back, and then let's see what we have.
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I second this.
Wolf is waiver eligible next season and will need to clear at that point. He will basically HAVE to be full time then.
Team needs to start building him towards that by giving him some starts. Every time Markstrom needs a few days of maintenance, you need to get Wolf into a game IMO.
Vladar's days here are numbered and his numbers have flatlined so it's hard to justify making him the defacto starter in Jacob's absence. With Wolf, you're preparing him for full time duty as the backup, and I think that's important.
Always earned, never given. So if Vladar is your guy I sure hope he's earning the net at least, otherwise they'd better be giving the kid an equal shots at some starts. None of this justifying starts solely by "experience".