suffering a lower-body injury during the Capitals\u2019 final preseason game against the Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a> on October 4.<\/p>\n\u201c(He\u2019s) status quo, getting better,\u201d head coach Spencer Carbery said of McIlrath on Wednesday. \u201cI would anticipate this week, at some point, him being back to 100% ready to fully practice and play.\u201d<\/p>\n
McIlrath\u2019s removal from injured reserve would necessitate that the Capitals remove one player from the 23-man active roster, which, in this case, appears to be Iorio. McIlrath would join Declan Chisholm as the team\u2019s seventh and eighth defensemen on the roster.<\/p>\n
Iorio, the Capitals\u2019 top pick in the 2021 NHL Draft, has played three seasons professionally, predominantly with the Hershey Bears, where he won back-to-back Calder Cup championships in 2023 and 2024. Iorio has suited up in 9 games total for the Caps.<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, I just try to focus on what I do to prepare every day,\u201d Iorio said of potentially being put on waivers during training camp<\/a>. \u201cI take things day by day and just continue to do what I\u2019ve been doing since I\u2019ve turned pro. I\u2019ve learned a lot of things from a lot of guys, and my parents have taught me to approach things day by day and really be grateful for every opportunity you have. That\u2019s just what I\u2019m going to continue to do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vincent Iorio may be headed back to Hershey. Wednesday, the Washington Capitals put the 22-year-old defenseman on waivers.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-227196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}