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 Adam
Messages: 6909
Registered: August 2005
Location: Edmonton, AB
6 Cups
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I was looking at goalies just now and realized that Dylan Wells got in his first NHL game this year for Chicago, playing a period in relief in a 4-0 loss. He allowed one goal on 13 shots, good for a 0.923 SV%.
It's absolutely mind-boggling that he was playing in the NHL this year. His last season with the Oilers was 2019-20, when he played 7 games for the Condors with 3.77 GAA and .878 Sv%, and 10 games with the ECHL Thunder where he got bombed for 4.98 GAA and .871 Sv%. He then has a year off from playing entirely (he may have been injured?), before somehow landing a minor league deal in the Chicago sytem.
He picked up where he left off for the Blackhawks' feeder system with 3 games for the Chicago Wolves in the AHL (3.01, .893) and 43 games with the ECHL Norfolk Admirals (3.59, 0.895). He started this year too on a minor-league deal, but by November the 'Hawks had seen enough and gave him another two-way deal and called him up. Three days later, there he was, manning the nets for the 'Hawks against the Jets.
Good for Dylan! Nice to get a cup of coffee, although I suspect there won't be another. He was a throw-in to the Max Domi deal late in the year, and his three games with the AHL Texas Stars went...poorly. 5.35 GAA and .839 Sv%. He's a free agent now, so I suspect he's not going to land another major league deal.
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