The Calgary Flames made a second roster move on Wednesday, assigning defenceman Daniil Miromanov back to the American Hockey League’s Calgary Wranglers.

The 28-year-old Miromanov is a right shot defender. Originally acquired by the Flames from the Vegas Golden Knights in 2024 as part of the Noah Hanifin trade and signed to a two year contract extension with a $1.25 million cap hit upon arriving in town.

Miromanov’s shown flashes of strong play since joining the Flames, but he’s struggled to find a consistent role. He spent much of 2023-24 alongside MacKenzie Weegar and even got a bit of power play time, posting seven points over 20 games. However, he never really found his niche in 2024-25 and bounced around the lineup a lot – and to the press box on occasion – racking up nine points over 44 games, spending 38 games as a healthy scratch.

Miromanov has played just once with the Flames in 2025-26. He cleared waivers back on Oct. 20 and joined the Wranglers, where he posted four points over seven AHL games. He was recalled back on Nov. 8 after Zayne Parekh was placed on the injury reserve, likely as insurance in the event that a banged-up Kevin Bahl couldn’t play after missing the prior game.

But with Bahl fully healthy, the Flames have seven defencemen available and so Miromanov heads back to the AHL. He’s able to move back to the Wranglers without going through waivers again because he’s only been on the NHL roster for four days since last clearing. The Flames will carry a $100,000 cap penalty with Miromanov in the AHL, but have buried the remainder of his cap hit.

The move drops the Flames to 22 players on their active roster: two goaltenders, seven defencemen and 13 forwards. That tally includes Justin Kirkland, currently on waivers as of this writing, but doesn’t include the pair of players they have on the injury reserve list, Parekh and Martin Pospisil.

The Flames are back in action on Thursday against San Jose. The Wranglers complete their current homestand on Wednesday against the Ontario Reign.

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