Man, the Calgary Flames organization has a lot of goaltenders under contract.

Sure, backup netminder Dan Vladar departed the organization in free agency on July 1, signing in Philadelphia. But Vladar’s departure was followed by the arrival of Ivan Prosvetov, returning to the NHL after a single year sojourn in the Kontinental Hockey League.

After that swap, the Flames will have five goaltenders on active NHL contracts in 2025-26. Here’s a quick rundown of the quintet.

Dustin Wolf

24; American; 2019 seventh-round pick

Wolf became the Flames undisputed starting netminder last season, which was also his first full NHL season. He was the runner-up for the Calder Trophy as the league’s top rookie, and he also received consideration for the Hart and Vezina Trophies. Simply put: he was really, really good, and was a gigantic difference-maker for the Flames. Wolf will be leaned on heavily in 2025-26, and if the Flames want any hope of finishing above the playoff cut line after 82 games, he’ll need to be as good as he was last season.

Ivan Prosvetov

26; Russian; free agent signing

Prosvetov has had a really interesting career trajectory, getting drafted out of the USHL in 2018, playing a year in the OHL, and then bouncing between the NHL and AHL (and the KHL) ever since. Last season with CSKA Moskva was the first time he spent the entire year on one team since 2018-19. He’s been a good minor-league goalie since going pro in 2019, but he’s never really grabbed hold of an NHL gig to this point. This season may be his best chance to cement that elusive full-time NHL spot, as he’ll have a good chance to become Wolf’s understudy. Can someone who’s never played more than 11 NHL games in a season be a strong number-two? We’ll see.

Devin Cooley

28; American; free agent signing

Okay, Cooley might be the most fascinating person-slash-player in the Flames system. He’s a really engaging person. He has an awesome pet rabbit. He’s fairly streaky in net, but when he’s good, he’s really good. He was arguably one of the top two or three players in the entire AHL through the first half of last season, but a mid-season injury really disrupted his mojo and he never quite got it back the rest of the year. But if Cooley can get his rhythm back for training camp, he and Prosvetov could have a great battle for the backup gig in the NHL.

The NHL tandem will be Wolf, backed up by either Prosvetov or Cooley. The AHL starter will be either Prosvetov or Cooley, whoever’s not in the NHL, backed up by one of the next two gentlemen. (Heck, maybe backed up by both of them.)

Arsenii Sergeev

22; Russian; 2021 seventh-round pick

Wolf was a home-run of a late-round draft pick. Sergeev is trending well, too. Drafted out of the somewhat obscure North American Hockey League, he’s moved up from the USHL into college hockey, and finally became an undisputed number-one netminder last season at Penn State. He was pretty good for the entire season, but he found another level to his game after returning from an injury in early January, back-stopping Penn State on a hot streak that took them all the way to the Frozen Four. He’ll be learning the pro game in 2025-26, which may see him spend a bit of time in Rapid City to get some game reps in.

Owen Say

24; Canadian; free agent signing

We’re listing Say fifth because he had a slightly less impressive college run than Sergeev, but Say is still a really interesting netminder. He’s steadily progressed his game, moving from junior-A to the Atlantic Hockey conference to the Big 10 conference, and adapting and adjusting and improving at each level. He had good underlying numbers and an uneven win-loss record at Notre Dame in 2024-25 before signing with the Flames, so he seems like he might spend more time in the ECHL than Sergeev. Keep an eye on him, though, he could surprise.