Daniil Miromanov’s next move is now official: the former Flames and Golden Knights defenseman has signed a two-year contract with SKA in the KHL, according to the league’s official transactions wire.
The deal comes after months of speculation about a return to Russia. Back in April, Sport-Express’ Artur Khairullin reported that Miromanov was considering the KHL for next season, with SKA St.
Petersburg emerging as a leading possibility. That path has now become reality.
Miromanov spent most of this past season in the minors after a frustrating start in Calgary. He broke camp with the Flames and was on the NHL roster to open the year, but after just one game he landed on waivers. He cleared, stayed in the organization, and aside from a brief recall in November, spent the rest of the season with AHL Calgary.
There, the 28-year-old made the most of a bigger workload. In 66 games with the Wranglers, he put up 11 goals and 27 assists, production that reflected the more prominent role he was given.
His NHL track started with Vegas, where he signed in 2021 as an undrafted free agent and played in parts of three seasons before being sent to Calgary in 2024 as part of the Noah Hanifin return. Across his time with the Golden Knights and Flames, Miromanov has appeared in 94 NHL games, recording 23 points and 110 blocked shots while averaging 17:26 of ice time per night.
SKA will add him to a roster that already includes several players with NHL and AHL backgrounds, among them Nikita Zaitsev, Zakhar Bardakov, Rocco Grimaldi, Nikolay Goldobin, Joseph Blandisi, and Valentin Zykov.
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