Wolf is playing the role of Johnny Gaudreau in this new Conroy era of the Flames. The undersized American who was a late round steal due to his small stature but has dominated in every league he has played and is showing that it likely is going to translate to the top league in the world.
Wolf being elite does make it difficult for this team to acquire elite talent at the top of the draft and could single handed it drag this team to a playoff spot. I hope Wolf gets 30 of the last 37 starts and see how far he can take this team.
Had the Flames been able to keep Tkachuk, Gaudreau, and Hanifin it would have been interesting to see how long this team could have contended with pieces like Zary, Coronato, and Wolf all looking like varying degrees of the real deal.
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