{"id":132305,"date":"2022-09-19T11:26:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T15:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=132305"},"modified":"2022-09-19T11:26:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T15:26:33","slug":"flames-sign-sonny-milano-pto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/09\/19\/flames-sign-sonny-milano-pto\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary Flames Sign Sonny Milano to PTO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/09\/15\/nhl-rumours-calgary-flames-mackenzie-weegar-contract\/\" target=\"_self\">Calgary Flames<\/a> announced today that they have signed free agent forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/milanso01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sonny Milano<\/a> to a Professional Tryout Offer (PTO).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Flames?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Flames<\/a> Roster Update: Forward Sonny Milano has been signed to a PTO.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLFlames\/status\/1571867296339218434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Milano Signs PTO with Flames<\/h2>\n<p>Milano joins the Calgary Flames on a professional tryout after his most productive NHL season in his career thus far. The 26-year-old registered 34 points in 66 games played last season with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/ducks\/\" target=\"_self\">Anaheim Ducks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Milano played most of his minutes on a line that featured the exciting <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/tag\/trevor-zegras\/\" target=\"_self\">Trevor Zegras<\/a>. With nearly 260 minutes played together at five-on-five, Milano&#8217;s most common linemates were Zegras and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/rakelri01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rickard Rakell<\/a>. Although Rakell was <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/03\/21\/anaheim-ducks-trade-rickard-rakell\/\" target=\"_self\">traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> at the deadline, the time spent with the Ducks was productive.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturalstattrick.com\/teamreport.php?team=ANA\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Natural Stat Trick<\/a>, the Rakell-Zegras-Milano line outshot their opponents 271-204, good for a 57.05% Corsi. Individually, he posted a 58.70% Corsi. Not only did they control the shot battle, but the line also dominated the quality chances. Of the Ducks&#8217; three lines that played over 200 minutes together, the Rakell-Zegras-Milano line led the team in expected goals percentage with 58.8%. (<a href=\"https:\/\/moneypuck.com\/lines.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MoneyPuck<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Milano&#8217;s PTO agreement was first mentioned by Sportsnet analyst, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/insiders\/elliotte-friedman\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elliotte Friedman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/FriedgeHNIC\/status\/1571863845710315520<\/p>\n<h2>What This Means for the Future<\/h2>\n<p>Milano enters the 2022-23 season looking to improve on his successes during his time with the Ducks, but will likely be hard-pressed to find a linemate as exciting as his center, Trevor Zegras. He enters camp on a tryout agreement, but it seems unlikely to see any scenario in which he fails to sign an NHL contract for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of where he fits in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/09\/13\/puck-drop-preview-2022-23-calgary-flames\/\" target=\"_self\">the Flames lineup<\/a>, expect him to slide into one of the wings on the second or third line. The third line appears to be the most likely option, as he would seem like a more promising option over <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/tag\/dillon-dube\/\" target=\"_self\">Dillon Dube<\/a>. That said, he has to earn his spot and his upcoming contract. As a player on a tryout, he comes in late to a group that likely has a level of expectations as to where they play. Whether that puts him at a disadvantage or not depends on his quality of play throughout the preseason.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"x19-owCURRB93UKuFAX8NA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1385713778\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'x19-owCURRB93UKuFAX8NA',sig:'BwHrGrwDaU30Lfx12HISG7-fBaFijRFqoCLPCiGdJuM=',w:'594px',h:'403px',items:'1385713778',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Calgary Flames announced today that they have signed free agent forward Sonny Milano to a Professional Tryout Offer (PTO). #Flames Roster Update: Forward Sonny Milano has been signed to a PTO. &mdash; Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) September 19, 2022 Milano Signs PTO with Flames Milano joins the Calgary Flames on a professional tryout after his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4317,"featured_media":132308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,4547,34],"tags":[530,3806],"class_list":["post-132305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flames","category-hockey","category-news","tag-sonny-milano","tag-trevor-zegras"],"modified_by":"Noah Foster, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}