{"id":118578,"date":"2025-09-04T05:54:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T05:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/118578\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T05:54:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T05:54:08","slug":"defenseman-officially-hits-waivers-canadiens-hold-mid-rank-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/118578\/","title":{"rendered":"Defenseman Officially Hits Waivers, Canadiens Hold Mid-Rank Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photo credit: NHL<\/p>\n

Another sign that it’s really starting to feel like NHL hockey: a first player has indeed just been placed on waivers.<\/p>\n

As just reported by insider Elliotte Friedman, the Ducks have placed young defenseman Rodwin Dionicio<\/a> on waivers.”Rodwin Dionicio – placed on waivers yesterday by ANA – has cleared.<\/p>\n

Ducks can now terminate his contract”<\/p>\n

– Elliotte Friedman<\/p>\n

The Montreal Canadiens hold the sixteenth waiver claim spot<\/p>\n

This serves as a reminder that this year, for the first time in a long while, the Canadiens won’t have a top-5 position when it comes to claiming players off waivers.<\/p>\n

Instead, Montreal holds the 16th spot, based on their final standing in last season’s NHL rankings.<\/p>\n

That’s definitely useful to know, as more players will be placed on waivers in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

Rodwin Dionicio, just 21 years old, is a left-shot defenseman standing 6’2″ and weighing 196 pounds.<\/p>\n

He was a fifth-round pick by the Anaheim Ducks in 2023 (129th overall) and played 24 AHL games with the San Diego Gulls before heading to Switzerland.<\/p>\n

In the AHL, he recorded 9 points in 24 games (with 42 penalty minutes), and in Switzerland, he added 6 points in nine games.<\/p>\n

He definitely seems to have an interesting profile!<\/p>\n

We wish him the best of luck moving forward.<\/p>\n

Previously on HabsFanatics<\/p>\n

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