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Originally Posted by BigThief
Vasilevsky was also 20 and 21 years old when he had those low starts. At 22 and 23 he was putting up 50 and 60 starts a season, Wolf is 23 now. Not every goalie takes the same path. Wolf starting 41 this year and maintaining his play is great but nine more games hitting 50 isn't bad if he's playing well.
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Wolf's also been a full time starter in the AHL for 3 seasons and has played 55+ games (including playoffs) the past two seasons. Shesterkin and Vasilevsky never had a season close to those numbers prior to their NHL debuts. He's entirely capable of handling a 50 game workload in the NHL. If they are limiting his starts so he can focus on development sessions in his off-days, that's totally fine. But I think at this point, it's time to cut bait with Vladar and see what you have with Cooley if the team is deadset on Wolf splitting time.
It's obvious Vladar is nothing more than a mediocre back-up at this point in his career and no team is going to give up anything more than a late round pick to acquire him. The more he plays, the less value he has as the hot start he had drifts further away. You might as well see what Cooley is at the NHL level sooner so you can make a decision on what his future is with the team and increase his sample size if he plays very well and looks like a tradeable asset next season.