Cooley Is Week-to-Week, and Calgary Is Patching the Roster Ahead of Saturday

The Flames confirmed Thursday that Devin Cooley's lower-body injury will keep him out week-to-week, which moves this from a one-game scramble to something Calgary has to actually manage. The club responded by recalling two players from the AHL's Calgary Wranglers — Sergeev and William Stromgren — ahead of Saturday's home game against Seattle.

Stromgren is already on the depth chart at left wing, so his presence isn't a surprise. The recall just makes it official that the Flames are consolidating bodies given the circumstances. Dustin Wolf steps into the starter's role by default, which I noted after Wednesday's game was a complicated situation — the results against Edmonton were mixed, and now he'll be carrying the net for at least the next stretch of games without a clear safety net behind him.

The broader picture hasn't changed much: Calgary was already thin in spots before this week, with Connor Zary still out and Mikael Backlund listed as day-to-day with an upper-body issue. Adding a week-plus goaltending absence to that list just tightens the margin. The Wranglers call-ups buy the organization some roster flexibility, but Wolf is the story now whether he wants to be or not.