The Calgary Flames are still in wait-and-see mode on Jonathan Huberdeau's injury.
Huberdeau is still being evaluated after exiting Wednesday's pre-season game against the Vancouver Canucks, general manager Craig Conroy told reporters on Thursday.
Huberdeau exited the game in the third period after colliding with goaltender Kevin Lankinen.
The incident happened late in the final frame as Huberdeau was driving the net. Canucks defenceman Filip Hronek was applying pressure and caused the fourth-year Flame to lose his balance, which caused the collision in the Canucks' crease. Huberdeau's face appeared to hit Lankinen's mask.
Huberdeau remained down on the ice and looked to be in serious pain as Flames trainers tended to him. He was able to skate off on his own power. Hronek was assessed a two-minute minor penalty for holding.
The 32-year-old Huberdeau is coming off his best season in Calgary, scoring 28 goals and 62 points in 81 games in 2024-25. Wednesday was Huberdeau's second pre-season appearance.
In other Flames news, it appears Devin Cooley has won the battle to be the backup goaltender to Dustin Wolf.
Goaltender Ivan Prosvetov, forward Rory Kerins and defenceman Ilya Solovyov were all placed on waivers by the team on Thursday for the purpose of assignment to the AHL.
Cooley and Prosvetov were in a tight competition for the backup gig, and it looks like Cooley will get the first crack at the job.
The Flames, who lost last season's backup Dan Vladar to the Philadelphia Flyers in free agency this summer, signed Prosvetov to a one-year, $950,000 deal on July 1.
