Barn Burner: Boomer & Pinder with Rhett Warrener - Devin Cooley’s Playing Like An ELITE Goalie… Is It Real? w/TSN's Noodles | BB Clips

Episode Date: April 10, 2026

Boomer, Pinder and Rhett are joined by TSN’s Jamie “Noodles” McLennan to break down one of the more surprising stories in Calgary this season—Devin Cooley’s rise. After barely making the Flames out of a rough preseason, Cooley has turned into arguably their best goalie and even earned himself a team-friendly deal, prompting the guys to debate just how real this breakout is. They get into whether the sample size is big enough to buy in, what his ceiling could be, and if the Flames may have quietly found something special in net.Video Link: https://youtu.be/mU4rxuMdjaU#nhl #nhlshorts #nhlplayoffs #nhlpredictions #nhlhockey #nhlpicks #stanleycup #stanleycupfinal #calgaryflames CHECK OUT OUR STUFF ⬇️BARN BURNER MERCHhttps://nationgear.ca/collections/shirts/FlamesnationBARN BURNER SHORTS https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj_bcGtvvo-cW2DHEDZ6dEO5ePDmlhZc9&si=jo8iNGxT4ImhS2Y8📲 Follow us:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fnbarnburner/X (Twitter): https://x.com/barnburnerfn?lang=en🎧 Listen on:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/barn-burner-boomer-pinder-with-rhett-warrener/id1648562889Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Mc6Qd5U22R2zbMlQ7RxIiProducer: Jack Haverstock Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We just spent the last half hour fawning over our backup goalie, whether he's our backup or not, you could maybe debate right now. If Cooley, Cooley signed early, we didn't think he should even be on the team after. Preseason. It was terrible. Signs the extension 1.35. If he had awaited, what's he making today? Are there teams out there that would take a stab at him, or is it too small a sample?

Too small of a sample size for me because what will happen is Brandon Bussey. You look at it. There might be a market correction at some point. If you believe, now I'm not saying he's not an NHL goal to enter. I think he's an NFL goaltender. And he's had an unbelievable season. He's a high energy guy. You know, I think from a media standpoint, people can't wait to get a microphone in front of him

because you never know what the hell he's going to say. but I look at it, is there going to be a market correction on him? Because everything that has done, he's done this year has been kind of perfect. He's had a great season. You look at statistically. But if somebody goes, hey, we're going to give you $4.5 million a year on a four-year deal. And they ask him to play 50 games or 47 or whatever, that's where I get concerned about it. I'd like to see more.

Can he do it again? Can he follow it up with another season? Keep in mind, I'm saying this all of, Dustin Wolff's the better goaltender. Dustin Wolves, the star goaltender. Well, he better start playing like a team. Yeah, but the team's not very good. Like that's the other thing.

The team is not, that's not an all-star team playing it from. They are trying to get to, they're not going to catch Vancouver, but they can catch, they can be second, correct? Yeah, Chicago's right behind them. and picking up points

of coolly stealing them. Understand the situation of where you are. But that doesn't say that he's not a very good goaltender on a very good contract, which is exactly, again, another little find here, Craig Conroy and a nifty little signing to keep him in the mix on a value contract that if you decide that you want to move away from him,

there'd be some great currency to trade him. But again, I always say, and it's not buyer, beware. But let's see him follow it up with another season. If he, if he gives us a sample size of how many games played, I don't have it in front me. He only had six before this year and he's probably around 25.30. Is that reasonable? Yeah, I think it was 25. Yeah. So let's call it 31 NHL games to 35. Give me a hundred, 150 games. So that's another two seasons. What he's like. And then you go, this, we got a starter on our hands. We've got a tandem, a 1A, a 1A, a 1

one B or a clear two. Yeah. And once you establish what he is, there's your price point for him. But again, what you're saying throughout the league with teams that have had struggles with their goal tenders, it's the shiny, hey, well, look at what Calgary's got. But then if you place him in different team, different setting, different expectations, then, you know, it either takes off or there's a market reset on him. So I like where he is at right now.

Keep in mind, I'll give you a. of just a very little sample size. Linus Allmark this year has his struggles, leaves the team. Okay. Last year, Levy, Maryland and 23-year-old finished goaltender, very skilled, very calm. The net, I believe, was 8 and 3 with three shutouts. They go, okay, you go play the next 12 games straight for our team. Struggles, right?

Doesn't have a safety blanket sitting on the bench that on a given night or he needs a couple days off. It's like you're playing every second night for the next six weeks. Can you do it? He didn't do it because he's a young kid still learning his craft. So again, it's the situation you're placed in whether you have success or not. I knew for me as a backup, I could give you short-term minutes. I could give you six, six games straight, maybe eight, maybe ten, but I was never given you that 11th or 12th, whatever was needed. Like, I knew my wheelhouse. Cooley is still figuring out what he is at the NHL level, and that's why the tandem works, because Wolf is there and Wolf is still learning.

So I'd like to see them play together one more year as the team turns the corner to try and get better and rebuild and all of that type of stuff. So perfect situation for him right now. He's in a win-win situation.