The Flames announced a seven-year, $52.5MM extension for premier young netminder Dustin Wolf this morning ahead of the final season of his entry-level contract. The deal, which carries a cap hit of $7.5MM, will make him among the league’s 10 highest-paid goalies when it takes effect in 2026-27.
Now, PuckPedia has the full breakdown of the contract. The deal will be paid out almost entirely in base salary, with only one up-front $2MM signing bonus in the first year. That will be paired with a $6MM base salary to give him $8MM in total compensation out of the gate. From 2027-28 through 2031-32, he’ll earn an even $7.5MM per year. The difference between his first-year compensation and the $7.5MM average annual value will be made up in the contract’s final year in 2032-33, when he’ll take a small pay cut to $7MM.
Wolf’s deal also includes relatively limited trade protection. He’s not eligible for it until 2028-29, when he’d otherwise be eligible for unrestricted free agency. From that point forward, he’ll have a 10-team no-trade list, but no full movement protection is included in the deal.
There’s more out of Calgary today:
- While all parties have acknowledged pending UFA Rasmus Andersson will be traded at some point this season, the defender rebuked claims over the offseason that he was only willing to extend with one team – believed to be the Golden Knights. That would obviously have handcuffed Calgary from moving him elsewhere or even landing market value from Vegas, something Andersson said he’d never do, according to Pat Steinberg of Sportsnet 960.
- Top defense prospect Zayne Parekh isn’t fully recovered from the lower-body injury he sustained earlier this summer, general manager Craig Conroy told Steinberg. “The hope is that he’ll be ready for training camp,” Conroy said, indicating he likely won’t participate in any rookie camp activities in the days leading up to full camp beginning at the end of next week. He did skate today, Conroy confirmed, a welcome sign ahead of a pivotal camp that could lead to him carving out a roster spot. The 2024 No. 9 overall pick scored in his NHL debut last year and has led the OHL in scoring among defensemen in back-to-back years, although he’s still ineligible for a full-time assignment to AHL Calgary.
The Flames have to get alot better at the center position, Maybe they can find that player in a trade for Andersson.
I don’t hate Kadri, Zary, Backlund but I agree Andersson maybe 50% retained for a Rossi type would be the framework of a trade that Fits the flames timeline
Andersson is good but getting a 23 year old top-six center for him seems unrealistic to me.
Framework, obviously more added but Vegas makes the most sense he already has his old buddy Hanifin maybe they could do Anderson for wild bill
The jury is still out on Rossi.
I’d move Andersson to Vegas for Sissons, Howden, And Korczak.
Wilf, you never seem to be aware that all teams involved in a trade must agree to the terms.
I have Kadri, Backlund, Frost, And Pospisil in that order, Backlund is great, But aging, Same with Kadri, I have Zary as the 3rd RW.