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Penguins Claim Matthew Phillips Off Waivers From Capitals

February 16, 2024 at 1:04 pm CDT | by Josh Erickson 6 Comments

The Penguins claimed forward Matthew Phillips off waivers from the Capitals on Friday, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reports.

Washington placed Phillips, 25, on waivers yesterday after making him a healthy scratch in 15 of their last 16 games. The undersized winger had one goal and four assists in 27 appearances with the Caps after signing a one-year, one-way deal worth $775K last summer upon reaching Group VI free agency.

A member of the Flames organization for more than half a decade after they selected him in the sixth round of the 2016 draft, Phillips developed into one of the best players at the AHL level over the past two seasons. He posted back-to-back seasons above a point per game with their affiliates in Stockton and Calgary in 2021-22 and 2022-23 and produced at a top-six pace for a pair of campaigns prior.

His 5-foot-7, 140-lb frame was always going to make life difficult for him in the NHL, however. He got off to a strong start this season, posting three points in his first four games, but he hasn’t recorded a point in over two months and has a poor 43.1% Corsi share at even strength.

Pittsburgh takes a chance on him with four regular forwards out of the lineup due to injuries – Noel Acciari, Jake Guentzel, Jansen Harkins, and Matthew Nieto. Despite his struggles this season, Phillips is a higher-ceiling scoring option than most of the minor-league call-ups they have occupying bottom-six roles in their absence, and he carries little to no financial impact on their deadline plans with a league-minimum cap hit.

The Penguins will maintain control of Phillips’ signing rights this offseason, as he’ll be an RFA with arbitration rights when his contract expires.

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  1. User 1323105297

    1 year ago

    Wrangler Smurf version of SDA. Dubas can’t help himself. Gonna be a quick ride to irrelevancy Pens fans.

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    • 'Tang It

      1 year ago

      This is no risk. Calm down

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    • mario crosby

      1 year ago

      Brother G just another frustrated Leafs fan who can’t resist pointing fingers at Dubas for five decades of failure.

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      Reply
  2. bapthemailman

    1 year ago

    5-foot-7 140 pounds. Just what we need

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    • admiral hopppaaa

      1 year ago

      Probably plays with more of an edge than Graves

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    • 66TheNumberOfTheBest

      1 year ago

      Graves was really good for the first 10 games and has been just a warm body ever since.

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