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Flames trim training camp roster: 13 players assigned to Wranglers
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Photo credit: David Moll/Calgary Wranglers
Ryan Pike
Sep 26, 2025, 16:07 EDT
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For much of the working world, Friday is a time to be happy and excited: to Fri-yay, if you will. But for 13 players at Calgary Flames training camp, it was the end of the road for their hopes to start the 2025-26 regular season with the big club.
The Flames announced on Friday afternoon that 13 players have been assigned to the Wranglers from main camp:
  • Goaltenders Arsenii Sergeev and Connor Murphy
  • Defencemen Simon Mack, Etienne Morin and Jeremie Poirier
  • Forwards Andrew Basha, Parker Bell, Lucas Ciona, Martin Frk, Alex Gallant, Carter King, David Silye and Carter Wilkie
Some procedural notes: Murphy, Mack, Frk, Gallant, Silye and Wilkie are all on AHL contracts with the Wranglers, while the other seven players are on NHL deals. Poirier requires waivers to be assigned to the AHL, so we’re assuming he’ll be placed on waivers on Saturday.
For a lot of these players, this wasn’t a wholly unexpected outcome:
  • Basha’s a first-year pro working off some rust after an injury.
  • Bell is a second-year pro, but projects as an energy forward.
  • Ciona is a third-year pro, but, like Bell, projects as an energy forward.
  • Sergeev is a first-year pro who didn’t get any pre-season action as the team figures out their NHL backup situation.
  • Morin is a first-year pro that’s learning about the pro game.
  • Kng is a first-year pro that couldn’t quite work his way into the NHL roster conversation.
  • Poirier is a fourth-year pro that was also seemingly lost in the shuffle, as he worked in the third practice group and played one pre-season game, but couldn’t quite do enough to stick around longer.
The cuts get the Flames’ camp roster down to 38 players: four goaltenders, 13 defencemen and 21 forwards. They have to get their roster down to a cap-compliant 23 players by 3 p.m. next Monday, Oct. 6. The Flames play a pre-season game in Winnipeg on Saturday night, while the Wranglers prepare to begin their training camp on Monday at Winsport.
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