{"id":115083,"date":"2025-09-03T07:06:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T07:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/115083\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T07:06:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T07:06:05","slug":"ducks-waive-rodwin-dionicio-for-purposes-of-contract-termination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/115083\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducks waive Rodwin Dionicio for purposes of contract termination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">The <a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/teams\/anaheim-ducks\/line-combinations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anaheim Ducks<\/a> have placed defenseman Rodwin Dionicio on unconditional waivers for the purposes of terminating his contract, the club announced Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">Dionicio, 21, split the 2024-25 season between the AHL\u2019s San Diego Gulls and Biel HC of the Swiss League. The 6\u20192\u2033 lefty had two years remaining on his entry-level contract with the Ducks, which he originally signed in May 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">The Ducks selected Dionicio in the fifth round (No. 129 overall) of the 2023 NHL Draft. Born in Newark, N.J., Dionicio has represented Switzerland in international competition throughout his career.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEWS: We have placed defenseman Rodwin Dionicio on unconditional waivers today for the purpose of terminating his contract.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anaheim Ducks (@AnaheimDucks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnaheimDucks\/status\/1962944975240626301?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 2, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">Dionicio began the 2024-25 season as a regular fixture in the Gulls\u2019 lineup but gradually fell out of favor as the year progressed, ultimately skating in just three games during the month of December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">Following that, Dionicio was suspended by the AHL twice in January as a result of on-ice actions, resulting in absences of one and three games, respectively. Before he could serve the second suspension, the Ducks assigned Dionicio to the ECHL, and then to his native Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">Dionicio collected five goals and nine points in 24 games with San Diego before being sent home. He scored in each of his final two games with the Gulls, but it evidently wasn\u2019t enough for the Ducks to keep him in the fold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">As it stands, the Ducks currently have 13 defensemen signed to NHL contracts for the 2025-26 season: Jacob Trouba, Radko Gudas, Drew Helleson, Jackson LaCombe, Pavel Mintyukov, Tristan Luneau, Olen Zellweger, Stian Solberg, Ian Moore, Noah Warren, Konnor Smith, Tyson Hinds, and Jeremie Biakabutuka. Adding in their contingent of players on AHL-only deals, it might\u2019ve been difficult for Dionicio to crack the Gulls\u2019 lineup again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg\">We\u2019ll find out on Wednesday whether Dionicio clears unconditional waivers and is released from his current contract. It\u2019s rare, but not unprecedented, for players to be claimed off unconditional waivers: Lucas Elvenes is one example, having gone from the <a class=\"text-secondary underline underline-offset-2\" hreflang=\"en\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfaceoff.com\/teams\/vegas-golden-knights\/line-combinations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> to Anaheim in that manner back in 2022.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Anaheim Ducks have placed defenseman Rodwin Dionicio on unconditional waivers for the purposes of terminating his contract,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115084,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-115083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}