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Dustin Wolf.
We all know the old adage that the draft is a crapshoot, especially for Goalies. Most of the top goalies aren’t high draft picks but there are few exceptions.
Either way, when you draft a goalie and you map out their development path ; you dream of it being exactly what Calgary has gotten with Dustin Wolf.
I’m an avid follower of Junior hockey but particularly American Prospects. Wolf chose to play major Junior hockey in the WHL. He was dominant for 3 seasons including his draft year. He fell to the 7th round to Calgary because he was considered undersized at 6’0.
He made the 2020 World Junior for team USA. While Spencer Knight but the starter and played the bulk of the games, many including myself thought Wolf looked better when he played.
Wolf went on to win Goalie of the year in juniors before turning pro.
Hes played 3 years of Pro in the AHL where he won goalie of the year twice and league MVP!
In the offseason Calgary traded their veteran starter (Markstrom) and committed to Wolf.
At just 23 years old Wolf is off to a tremendous start in his first season as a starter for CGY. Yes, it’s early but I’m so impressed with his development path and play. He looks so poised and sound in the net. Just like he did for team USA, WHL, and the AHL.
Hard not to root for a guy like that but also hats off to the Flames for not rushing him when it might have been tempting. It’s going to be fun to watch how his career turns out.
We all know the old adage that the draft is a crapshoot, especially for Goalies. Most of the top goalies aren’t high draft picks but there are few exceptions.
Either way, when you draft a goalie and you map out their development path ; you dream of it being exactly what Calgary has gotten with Dustin Wolf.
I’m an avid follower of Junior hockey but particularly American Prospects. Wolf chose to play major Junior hockey in the WHL. He was dominant for 3 seasons including his draft year. He fell to the 7th round to Calgary because he was considered undersized at 6’0.
He made the 2020 World Junior for team USA. While Spencer Knight but the starter and played the bulk of the games, many including myself thought Wolf looked better when he played.
Wolf went on to win Goalie of the year in juniors before turning pro.
Hes played 3 years of Pro in the AHL where he won goalie of the year twice and league MVP!
In the offseason Calgary traded their veteran starter (Markstrom) and committed to Wolf.
At just 23 years old Wolf is off to a tremendous start in his first season as a starter for CGY. Yes, it’s early but I’m so impressed with his development path and play. He looks so poised and sound in the net. Just like he did for team USA, WHL, and the AHL.
Hard not to root for a guy like that but also hats off to the Flames for not rushing him when it might have been tempting. It’s going to be fun to watch how his career turns out.
