Player Discussion Dustin Wolf

[Yepthatsme]

I had him as 3rd or 4th round pick easily in his draft year. My mock draft I took him for the Flames earlier than they actually did. I don’t know why NHL scouts didn’t like him. Because everyone I knew in scouting and player agents really liked him before the draft.

He was 5’11 heading into his draft year which really is on the verge of being an NHL goalie height, while playing for the silvertips who are famous for making goalies look good. There were plenty of reasons to doubt him until he just kept proving all of his talents were elite enough to make those doubts foolish.

It’s not like Calgary saw something other teams didn’t, he was still the 4th last player taken in the draft. It was a legitimate concern, his backup actually had a better GAA (1.62) and a better save percentage (.942) in 13 games. Scouts had a good reason to be suspect of how transferable Wolf’s game was, him winning 4 GOTY awards his next 4 seasons just showed that to be foolhardy.

 

[joescores]

Hey now Flaky Dan might come through before then

Oh FFS, just play Cooley already. Get rid of the Flake.

 

[Figgy44]

He was 5’11 heading into his draft year which really is on the verge of being an NHL goalie height, while playing for the silvertips who are famous for making goalies look good. There were plenty of reasons to doubt him until he just kept proving all of his talents were elite enough to make those doubts foolish.

It’s not like Calgary saw something other teams didn’t, he was still the 4th last player taken in the draft. It was a legitimate concern, his backup actually had a better GAA (1.62) and a better save percentage (.942) in 13 games. Scouts had a good reason to be suspect of how transferable Wolf’s game was, him winning 4 GOTY awards his next 4 seasons just showed that to be foolhardy.

I thought I read somewhere that our goaltending group wanted him earlier, but because we already picked up a goalie or had other players that were higher up on the list, we didn't get around to it. In fact, I seem to recall there was an interview where they we were surprised he was still there in the 7th round (thought he might go in the 4th-6th rounds) and even more surprised to realize he was in the stands.

Super glad we got him. The Kanzig trade was an excellent trade.