The Winnipeg Jets have successfully passed forward Dominic Toninato through Waivers to the AHL.
The Winnipeg Jets have dangled forward Dominic Toninato out for the league to see, but had no takers.
On Monday, the veteran forward passed through Waivers successfully and is set to report to the Manitoba Moose, which are on the road in Calgary for a back-to-back, week-night set with the Wranglers on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Toninato, 29, has worked his way into 15 games for the Jets this season - thanks in large part to a number of injuries up front.
He has five points on the year, plus an additional six points in his nine games played with the Moose.
It is Toninato's fourth season with the team and is under contract for one more year after signing a two-year extension late last season. In his career, he has 13 goals and 35 points in 184 NHL contests.
The move to put Toninato on Waivers comes shortly after the Jets lost defenceman Declan Chisholm to the nearby Minnesota Wild.
It also helps pave the way back for injured forward David Gustafsson, who has been out since December with a lower-body injury.
Gustafsson was activated from the Jets' injured reserve on Monday and sent down to Manitoba for a conditioning stint, to which he will still make NHL money, but can participate in games, practices and travel with the Moose for up to two weeks without needing to go through Waivers.
With Gustafsson no longer on the team's injured reserve, Winnipeg is back to full health for the first time in nearly the entire 2023-24 season.