Personally, I'm happy Conroy made this decision. I'm not as high as most on Wolf right now being ready and would prefer the Flames didn't just give the net to Wolf and Vladar. This does not mean I don't think he could become Calgary's starting goalie one day though. I actually think Wolf has that chance, but would benefit greatly by spending more time backing Markstrom up and learning under Markstrom how to be an NHL goalie.
I understand the perspective from some that they'd welcome the Flames moving Markstrom out and if the Flames plummet in the standings, they plummet, but I agree with Conroy here when he says that a losing environment and culture is not a good one to develop your future stars in. Sure, you get the high picks finishing in the bottom 5, but all of the kids you have with the big club suffer playing on that sort of team for 2-3 years.
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