One of the few actual battles for a roster spot in the goaltending department in training camp this year was in Calgary, which didn’t have a clear No. 2 behind Dustin Wolf . The two contenders were longtime AHL farmhand Devin Cooley and international free agent signing Ivan Prosvetov . The latter hit waivers today, signaling the 28-year-old Cooley will appear on an opening night roster for the first time and begin the season as Wolf’s backup.

Neither player really jumped ahead of the other for the spot, though. In fact, both had tough showings in last night’s final test – an 8-1 loss to the Canucks that saw Cooley and Prosvetov post save percentages of .571 and .737, respectively. Cooley had slightly worse preseason numbers on the whole, logging a .846 SV% and 4.08 GAA i

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