There is good news for Washington Capitalssince, in this week of rest, the Capitals They have renewed their two best men, as is the case of Trees and the 26-year-old forward Sonny Milano.
Milano has renewed with the Capitals a three-year contract with a profit of $5.7 million, for his part Trees for five years, $25 million.
And this is good, since apparently the team has seen the game of Milanoand that has made them want him more as the perfect player.
Milano26, has been an almost perfect bargain for the Capitals after joining them on a veteran’s contract NHL for a year after this season began. He has eight goals and 14 assists for 22 points in 40 games since he was called up by Hershey from American Hockey League.
This can be very much a strength for Milano on the financial side, since he can rest assured that he will continue to be a solid starter in the team and with good support, which are the goals he scores on the ice.
Before Sonny signed for the first time with the team of the CapitalI had already done a test with the Anahemin Ducksonly that time it went well, instead in his time in a front-line role that he played with the Flames It didn’t go as well as I had hoped.
That is, with the Capitals it has fared much better.
Facts about Sonny Milano
The sixteenth overall selection in the NHL Draft of 2014, Milano was chosen by the Columbus Blue Jackets and tried for the first time NHL with the Blue Jackets as a 19-year-old, appearing in three games at the end of the 2015-16 season. . Later that spring he was a member of the team Lake Erie Monsterschampion of the Copa Calderwhich swept the affiliate Hershey Bears AHL de Washington in the final series of the Copa Calder.
After another season in the AHL, Milano scored 14 goals and 22 points in 55 games with Columbus in 2017-18 in its first extended section in the NHL. He spent most of his time organizing the Blue Jackets doing yo-yo between Columbus y Clevelandand his last season in the capital of Ohio It was the only one in which he did not spend time in the AHL. That was 2019-20, the season in which the Jackets they changed it to Anaheim on the trade deadline date, obtaining in exchange for Devin Shore. The race of Shore in Columbus it lasted six games.
Bo Horvat renews with the Islanders for eight seasons
The center of the NY Islanders, Bo Horvat has been renovated by the team NY for an eight-year contract, this after being traded from the Vancouver Canucks.
The agreement that the team announced for Horvat is highly valuable to them as it is to the tune of $68 million and carries a salary cap of $8.5 million through the 2030-31 season.
This is a big deal, because for the Big Apple Islanders, having a player like Bo It makes them have a great player, as they like his style of play and his commitment to the team on the ice.
Los Islanders they sent to the forward Anthony Beauvillier to the Canucks by Horvat. He was slated to be an unrestricted free agent after the season, and the trade was the result of Vancouver and the camp of Horvat they could not reach an agreement last summer.
“I want to get going,” Horvat said after the All-Star 3-on-3 tournament. “That’s enough. Let’s start playing some games and getting to know the guys. I just want to start playing hockey again.”
“Obviously getting my legs under me is going to be number 1 and getting the systems working and obviously the chemistry with the new linemates and things like that,” Horvat said.
Facts about Bo Horvat
Horvat27, averages more than one point per game with 54 (31 goals and 23 assists) in 49 games with the Canucks this season, his ninth in the NHL. This season, Horvat ranks second in the NHL in matchups made (1,116) and averages a 56% win rate.