The Calgary Flames and free agent netminder Ivan Prosvetov have come to terms on a one-year, one-way contract worth $950,000.
Originally a fourth round pick by the Coyotes, the six-foot-five goaltender played four seasons between the AHL and NHL within the Arizona organization before being claimed off waivers by the Colorado Avalanche prior to the 2023-24 regular season.
With a collective save percentage of .898 in the AHL and .881 in the NHL over five seasons, Ivan took his game back to Russia, signing a one-year deal with his hometown team in CSKA Moskva.
The now 26-year-old bounced back nicely, posting a 20-16-2 record, a .920 save percentage and a 2.32 goals against average over 38 regular season games. He also went 2-3-0, .918 and 2.90 across five playoff games—enough to earn him another shot at a backup position in the NHL.
Stiff Competition
Battling it out in training camp for the right to back up Dustin Wolf will be Devin Cooley—also six-foot-five. The Los Gatos, California product started the season strong, winning 17 of his first 23 starts, but fell into a spiral along with the rest of the team, losing 18 of his final 22 games. Cooley’s two-year contract includes the second year converting to a one-way deal.
Both seek to prove that they can rebound into an NHL backup position; time will tell who lands the spot. One certainty is that the Flames currently have three one-way contracts at the goaltender position, and Dustin Wolf isn’t going anywhere.
Depth Defenceman
Flames General Manager Craig Conroy also inked 25-year-old defenceman Nick Cicek to a one-year, two-way contract on Tuesday afternoon. The six-foot-three left shot blue liner had three goals and 14 assists with Adler Manheim of the German DEL in 2024-25.
Cicek is expected to add size and bite to a Calgary Wranglers defence core loaded with puck-moving defenders.
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Thanks Trevor
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Thanks Trevor! Did we ever find out what caused Cooley’s decline?
Heard that he was dealing with an injury at one point, but the whole team seemed to lose all of their momentum around the same time.