Four down, four to go.

The Calgary Flames hit the halfway mark of their tuneup schedule Wednesday, albeit in losing fashion, falling 3-1 to the Vancouver Canucks in pre-season action in Abbotsford, B.C.

On a night that most of Calgary’s big names remained at home, backup goalie candidate Ivan Prosvetov was the best-of-the-bunch for the road team.

Connor Zary found the back of the net on the man-advantage, fellow forwards Martin Pospisil and Joel Farabee earned the assists and it was a relief to see blue-liner Jake Bean return after he initially appeared to be injured on a heavy hit.

Here are three takeaways from Wednesday’s contest, with a round of cuts likely looming before the Flames hit the ice next …

Calgary’s top performer against the Canucks? It was, without question, the pu

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