[Signing] Washington signs Milano (1yr, 1 way, $750k)

[14Roman14]

Did they watch him here in the preseason? Maybe it just wasn’t a good fit, but man did he look out of place on almost every shift. A bit lazy and disinterested which was so odd as a PTO player.

Maybe it will work out. If it does at least it will be out east and not against us much. All the best Sonny, all the best Washington.

Nice knowing ya.

[midniteowl]

As a PTO player, you supposed to GAF. Might not score, but at least shows that you have tried. Like, lose the puck, try to get it back or back check hard. All I see him did was, lose the puck? Just shrugged. Eakin wasn't good neither, but his GAF was a lot higher

[Jay Random]

Originally Posted by Northendzone

I can’t explain it, but I was cheering for it to work out for him here in calgary

Perfectly sensible. I was hoping he'd work out, but since he didn't, I'm glad they let him go.

I suppose the Capitals aren't happy with the readiness of the Hershey forwards in case of a callup. I don't know what their prospect base looks like, but it looks to me like they just bought a very expensive spare tire, and hope they never have to take it out of the trunk.

[Sidney Crosby's Hat]

Somehow, I don't think he'll go the way of other Flames camp tryouts like Robert Lang and Anton Stralman.

[FlamesAddiction]

Does anyone have any regrets about not keeping Milano after his tryout? He has 18 points in 27 games with the Caps (55 point pace over 82 games). That would put him 5th on the Flames in PPG, just a hair below Huberdeau, but well above Dube. Pretty good production for $750k.

Or is it safe to say that he would not be having that kind of production on the Flames?

[CroFlames]

I would have kept him. He's definitely got more tools than Lucic.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

Does anyone have any regrets about not keeping Milano after his tryout? He has 18 points in 27 games with the Caps (55 point pace over 82 games). That would put him 5th on the Flames in PPG, just a hair below Huberdeau, but well above Dube. Pretty good production for $750k.

Or is it safe to say that he would not be having that kind of production on the Flames?

He never got a real chance in camp and preseason.

He would probably play on our 4th line or in the minors by now for the likes of Lucic and Ritchie getting elevated minutes.

[Yikes]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

Does anyone have any regrets about not keeping Milano after his tryout? He has 18 points in 27 games with the Caps (55 point pace over 82 games). That would put him 5th on the Flames in PPG, just a hair below Huberdeau, but well above Dube. Pretty good production for $750k.

Or is it safe to say that he would not be having that kind of production on the Flames?

I was happy when he got the invite but...just another Sutter no fit that I was going to bring up and harp on but you know how that can go.

[Naitix]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

Does anyone have any regrets about not keeping Milano after his tryout? He has 18 points in 27 games with the Caps (55 point pace over 82 games). That would put him 5th on the Flames in PPG, just a hair below Huberdeau, but well above Dube. Pretty good production for $750k.

Or is it safe to say that he would not be having that kind of production on the Flames?

No, he was out of shape in camp and was not able to play Sutter's game. From the points I have seen him get he is mostly just relying on his teammates, he does not drive the play nor is he a sniper, I still do not see a need for him on this team.

[BigFlameDog]

He did absolutely nothing in camp. Looked pedestrian at best. Proper decision at the time no doubt about it.

[Yikes]

Originally Posted by Naitix

No, he was out of shape in camp and was not able to play Sutter's game. From the points I have seen him get he is mostly just relying on his teammates, he does not drive the play nor is he a sniper, I still do not see a need for him on this team.

At 750K I take him over Rooney all day long.

[activeStick]

No regrets from me. A player doing okay on one team does not mean they will do the same or better on another.

[Naitix]

Originally Posted by Yikes

At 750K I take him over Rooney all day long.

Playing where? Rooney is a 4th liner, Milano is not. I will take Ruzicka in the top 9 any day over Milano

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Naitix

Playing where? Rooney is a 4th liner, Milano is not. I will take Ruzicka in the top 9 any day over Milano

I would also take Ruzicka over Milano if it had to be one or the other. Ruzicka at least has the tools to play up and down the line up. They also have the exact same PPG average at the moment.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

he would've worked out in the top 9 better than lucic

a good portion of nhlers take a while to get going in the fall, and he was given no time with top six type players to even properly assess him for that role

lindholm looked like garbage until november, for example. and he's our top forward

no, he didn't earn it through strictly training camp performance, but also no one did

at least he has history and known tools to work in the role. he was a known quantity in the league likely willing to sign for league minimum

we passed that up to shoehorn grinders into 2nd line roles instead. great decision

and hell, what if he was great in camp? how many oilers journeymen have we seen dominate training camp only to fade into the real games?

too much stock is put into a two week period, and again, they auditioned him like a grinder when he wasn't that

cripes, this team and it's evaluation approach sometimes..

never go full sutter .. otherwise you end up with Lucic as a mainstay on your 2nd line (good for a few games, not good long term)

now we actually have to pay assets to get a Milano level player to help our top 9

[Strange Brew]

The guy has 18 points. And a few people who have likely watched less than 30 seconds of his ice time this season are ready to string up the coach and ridicule thr entire organization’s ability to evaluate talent.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

The guy has 18 points. And a few people who have likely watched less than 30 seconds of his ice time this season are ready to string up the coach and ridicule thr entire organization’s ability to evaluate talent.

Mangiapane has 16 points and Lucic has 9

so at the very least, he would be more productive than those two guys to this point

I think that's an exaggeration, but for 2 camps straight they haven't "liked" any one in attendance that was fighting for a spot. so either every one not a regular has just been terrible & unworthy, or they're reading too much into a 2 week segment in september, when most guys haven't yet gotten up to speed

last camp, they probably had a case .. this one, I don't buy that they didn't have any viable top 9 options in attendance

Phillips and Zary made cases, and they probably sent both down prematurely. Milano didn't stick out, but signing him would've presented no risk and the upside was probable, because he is more or less a proven entity at this level, at least to put up middle six numbers

not hanging coaching and management, but I think they made some poor decisions this year - first signing Rooney without a look in camp, and expecting Milano to be all worldly and impress sutter in a short window playing on the 4th line, and not choosing to sign him for pennies which left them in a worse situation where they're using grinders to fill roles they're not cut out for

Sutter is a harsh evaluator and thriving under his system/style takes time. playing up to his expectations in such a short window is a tough task. I think anybody coming in for a job was being set up to fail right from the start ... it's worse that they were going to be be evaluated playing with low skill vets

not a huge deal, probably doesn't move the needle much either way, but they should've signed him

[calgaryred]

I was excited when Milano got a PTO, I was also disappointed how he performed, no way am I disappointed in Sutter's decision. Good portion on CP were wanting him to get his walking papers, he didn't fit at all.

[Burning Beard]

This guy was complete trash all camp. Time to move on.

[Domoic]

What did he show in the Caps camp?