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Devin Cooley

A .909 in thirty-one games, better than the starter, and nobody expects him to keep the job.

Season	GP	W	L	OTL	GA	GAA	SO	SA	SV%
2025-26	31	10	10	6	77	2.69	0	847	.909
Career	37	12	13	7	102	3.03	0	1039	.902

Last Season

Thirty-one appearances, 10-10-6, a 2.69 goals-against average and a .909 save percentage — better than Wolf’s .899 across the same season and the same defence, on a club that finished 25th in expected goals against.

The Physical Game

Six foot five and 192, which is the modern build and the opposite of the man ahead of him. He plays deep and square and lets the puck hit him, and against volume from distance that works very well.

The lateral movement is the weakness. He is long rather than quick, and a play that moves him across the crease gets him reaching.

The Mental Game

An undrafted goaltender who reached the NHL at 28 after years in the minors and the ECHL, and then outperformed a starter in his first real look. Whatever that requires, he has it.

Over his last ten appearances, .885 on 286 shots — a poor finish to a good season, and the reason the job did not change hands.

The Intangibles

This is a genuinely awkward page to write. The backup out-saved the starter by ten thousandths across 31 games, and nobody involved thinks the depth chart is wrong, because Wolf has 128 games and a .903 career figure behind him and Cooley has 37 games and 29 years.

Both readings are defensible and the club has to pick one. Calgary’s goaltending finished only two goals worse than the chances it faced, which on this roster is close to a miracle, and both men are responsible for it.