There is definitely risk with this deal, as there always is with goalies, but sometimes as an organization, you have to take those risks, you have to pick some players to bet on, and Wolf has shown over and over that he is worthy of that belief.
Also, he's just a good, likable kid (who likes Calgary) - easy to root for and great to have on the team.
has the potential to be one of the best goalies in the league during this deal, which will be bad for our draft position
At this point I think it's becoming clear that Conroy sees the bulk of the rebuilding heavily through the draft coming to an end in the next 2-3 drafts. Once you remove Andersson, Coleman and potentially Kadri during that time, it's at the point where the guys you took the last 2 seasons should be pushing through and you've hopefully returned someone who fits the 1C role whether through the draft or via one of these above trades.
Not that it doesn't matter, but draft position is becoming less and less of an issue provided culture/playing the right way takes over and the team keeps nailing it's drafts as it has been. Wolf should be a perennial ~60 game starter with the potential to fight for a vezina and that will go a long way to making the above happen. It also won't hurt if Parekh and Reschny maximize themselves as well during this time.
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Totally good with the risk. If Wolf flops, we're screwed for several years anyway as elite goalies that you need to win don't fall in your lap. Also awesome that he's a good hockey player and not a dink.
Kipper signed in 2007 for 6 years at $5.83 million per year and cap that year was $50 million, he was 11% of the cap. In 27/28 the cap will be at 113.5 million I believe and Wolfs contract will be 6.6% of the cap, in terms of 2007 that would be a $3.3 million goaltender, not much of a risk IMO.
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Yeah, based on what both sides were saying, I wasn't worried about a deal getting done. They both sounded like a deal was the goal and neither seemed to be worried or anxious about getting it done. There was none of that double talk about wanting to stay, but "it's a business", or "need to consider x, y, and z" before committing. Both sides were so chill, that I think it gave Conroy a chance to work on other things.
I am surprised at the AAV. I was expecting more with the cap going up and with Wolf having most of the leverage. Obviously there is risk in signing a goalie with not a lot of NHL experience to a long term deal, but if you believe in the player, you need to roll the dice on them. Wolf has had to continually prove himself at every level, so mentally I don't think this will take his foot off the pedal.
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After Leland Irving, Joni Ortio, Laurent Brossoit, Jon Gilles, and Tyler Parsons, I'm ready to go all in again.
Not a single one of those guys ever played in a starting role in the NHL. If you take out Brossoit, who floated around the league as a backup, Wolf has more NHL games played than all of the rest combined.
Wolf is clearly different.
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