Calgary’s youth movement also features forwards Matt Coronato, 22, Connor Zary, 23, Adam Klapka, 24, Martin Pospisil, 25 and Joel Farabee, 25, and defensemen Kevin Bahl, 25, Brayden Pachal, 25, and Jake Bean, 27.
Defenseman Zayne Parekh, 19, and Hunter Brzustewicz, 20, are also expected to compete for a roster spot when the Flames begin training camp next month.
“Our job with the same team we had last year is to run it back, keep showing everybody, whether you have the most skill, the least skill, are the oldest team, the youngest team, it doesn’t matter as long as we come together as a group we’re destined for good things, especially this year,” Wolf said. “Coming into camp last year, we had the full expectations to make playoffs. It wasn’t out of the ordinary for us; it was more the talking heads in the media saying they don’t think we’re going to make it.
“… You never want to miss out and I was comparing it to like being one win away from the Cup. You’re right there and you feel like you deserve better, but you look back, there were certainly some games that slipped and that’s the long 82-game season. But it’s neat you get to learn from the experience. That was my first real opportunity to do that, so you try to learn from it now and you take full advantage of it in years to come.”
