Wolf - curiously ranked out of the top-10 among North American goaltenders - posted impressive numbers in the WHL with a 41-15-2 record last year, along with a sparkling .936 save percentage, a miniscule 1.69 goals-against average, and seven shutouts.
Growing up in the area, and as a former San Jose Sharks season-ticket holder, Wolf models his game after Evgeni Nabokov and Jonathan Quick.
"He's really smart," said head amateur scout Tod Button. "He reads the play well; he gets into position early and he's got really sound fundamentals. ... Our Western Guys love him.
"And the cherry on top was the crowd reaction. That was awesome."
Treliving has a theory why he was ranked so low (and, thus, why he was still available deep into the seventh round) but finds the rationale a bit silly.
"If he's this much taller, he's going a lot earlier than what we had him," Treliving said. "He's not, let's call it, the 'modern' goalie of today's game, 6-4, 6-5, but he's very athletic and the results speak for themselves. In that spot, for sure, we feel that we got a really solid player and a really good kid."
Last year was Wolf's first as a full-time starter in the 'Dub. The Tustin, Calif., native backed up fellow Silvertip grad Carter Hart, who's coming off a sensational rookie campaign with the Philadelphia Flyers, the year prior, and learned plenty from his mentor about how to handle this process.
Hart was one of the top goalies available in the 2016 draft after putting up similar numbers.
But at a larger 6-foot-2, 181-lbs., his wait lasted only 17 picks into Day 2.
