Kevin Keegan has been flush for strikers since the start of last season and this has seen City's former Leeds man forced way down the pecking order.
Despite the departure of Goater, Huckerby has still failed to make much of an impression on the first team this year. He did score against TNS at the Millennium Stadium but that has been his only appearance so far this season.
Norwich lie fourteenth and are in desperate need of some fresh firepower up front. And since Huckerby scored 5 goals in 11 games on loan at Nottingham Forest last term, he may just provide the answer.