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Originally Posted by JayP
Oettinger played 48 games his first full season. His backups would've played a combined 34 games. After tonight, Vladar will be on pace for 42GP to Wolf's 40GP. Pretty fundamental difference there. The Flames should be targeting a similar to split to what the Stars did with Oettinger.
And the idea that the Flames goalies are pushing each other for starts anymore is ridiculous. That was true in October. Since then, Vladar's been awful and there's a massive difference in their numbers. Wolf has proven himself to be the far superior goalie and should be given more starts because of it.
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That seems like a pretty minor difference. I really like Wolf - he is a fantastic young goaltender with massive potential. At the same time he is a young goaltender who they will want in between the pipes for the foreseeable future. He is developing really well as part of a tandem and with the physical nature of the position it seems prudent develop him slowly.
Where is the benefit to pushing Wolf more? His development isn't suffering - so just bringing him along slowly makes sense. Especially when you look at the huge number of goaltenders who need hip surgery by the time they are 30.