{"id":473248,"date":"2026-02-26T16:14:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/473248\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T16:14:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:14:33","slug":"capitals-place-sonny-milano-on-waivers-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/473248\/","title":{"rendered":"Capitals Place Sonny Milano On Waivers \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Capitals will place\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/milanso01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-25_hr\">Sonny Milano<\/a>\u00a0on waivers today at 1:00 pm Central, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TomGulittiNHL\/status\/2026719035975467010?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tom Gulitti of NHL.com<\/a> reports. Until he\u2019s assigned to AHL Hershey tomorrow or is claimed by another team, he\u2019s been designated as a non-roster player to afford Washington the open spot to activate\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcmicco01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-25_hr\">Connor McMichael<\/a>\u00a0from injured reserve <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prohockeyrumors.com\/2026\/02\/capitals-to-activate-connor-mcmichael-from-injured-reserve.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">as expected<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Milano, 29, initially signed a league-minimum deal with the Caps at the beginning of the 2022-23 season after being non-tendered by the Ducks. He had so much success in a depth role, notching 11 goals and 33 points in 64 games, that Washington quickly moved to get him locked into a three-year, $5.7MM extension with a $1.9MM cap hit. He\u2019s now in the final year of that deal, during which he\u2019s been decimated by injuries. After scoring a career-high 15 goals in 49 games in 2023-24, Milano suited up just three times last season before sustaining a season-ending concussion in November.<\/p>\n<p>Back healthy this year, he\u2019s not the same player. Part of that is simply how little he\u2019s been used. With names like\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/beauvan01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-25_hr\">Anthony Beauvillier<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/franket01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-25_hr\">Ethen Frank<\/a>, and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sourdju01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.prohockeyrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-25_hr\">Justin Sourdif<\/a>\u00a0surpassing him on the depth chart, he\u2019s essentially now the Caps\u2019 14th forward. He\u2019s been scratched for long stretches and, when dressed, has only averaged 8:53 of ice time per game in 31 showings. Considering that usage, his four goals and eight points aren\u2019t too bad.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019ll now get his first AHL usage since a brief stint with Hershey after signing with the Caps in 2022. He had two goals and an assist in five games that time around and has 118 points in 171 minor-league games for his career.<\/p>\n<p>Milano is at his best when he\u2019s given top-nine deployment and trusted to do little else but score. With no real fit for him to fill that role in D.C. anymore, he may ride out the last few months of his deal in the minors before reaching free agency this summer. If he goes unclaimed on waivers and remains in the Caps\u2019 system, they\u2019ll be left with a $750K cap charge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Capitals will place\u00a0Sonny Milano\u00a0on waivers today at 1:00 pm Central, Tom Gulitti of NHL.com reports. 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