Smith surrendered four goals on 13 shots in Monday night's split-squad game against the Oilers.

EDGE Analysis

In June, the Flames traded the rights to goalie Chad Johnson, defenseman Brandon Hickey and a conditional 2018 draft to the Coyotes for Smith and their retaining 25 percent of his salary. This was an inauspicious debut for the Ontario native, and while it's ill-advised to read too much into preseason stats, those with keeper shares in Smith probably want to forget about his lackluster 2016-17 campaign, having gone 19-26-9 with a 2.92 GAA and .914 save percentage, as soon as possible. Flames coach Glen Gulutzan isn't sounding the panic alarm just yet. "I'm not going to judge ... it's really early," he said. "It's a little different for goalies. They see three practices, and if you think of all of their skates in the summer, it's pretty tough for them when guys are playing shinny hockey ... so it's good to get them minutes."