2018 Stanley Cup champion Brett Connolly now knows where he’ll be playing his hockey during the 2022-23 season.
Monday, HC Lugano from the National League in Switzerland announced that they have signed Connolly to a one-year contract. It’s Connolly’s first contract signed outside of North America.
By Chris Cerullo 9 months ago
With Capitals’ Training Camp set to open next month, players are trickling back to the area and are beginning to ramp up their on-ice workouts.
Friday, a large group of Capitals and a former member of the 2018 Stanley Cup team held an informal skate at Capitals MedStar Iceplex according to The Athletic’s Tarik El-Bashir. The group spent their time doing some “intense” drill work.
By Chris Cerullo 10 months ago
Daniel Sprong scored six goals in 16 games for the Seattle Kraken after the Washington Capitals dealt him at the trade deadline. That goal-scoring clip was not enough for the Dutchman to earn a qualifying offer and a 10 percent raise ($797k) from the Kraken, a team who scored the fourth-fewest goals in the NHL last season.
Dennis Cholowski, a depth defenseman who was a waiver wire pickup by the Capitals last season (before being reclaimed back by Seattle), also did not receive a qualifying offer from the Kraken. Seattle announced the news on social media before Monday’s 5 PM deadline.
Both players will be unrestricted free agents on Wednesday per the team.
The Washington Capitals defeated the Vegas Golden Knights four games to one to win the Stanley Cup four years ago this week.
Since then, the Capitals have not won a playoff series since, getting first-rounded four consecutive times. While the Caps’ core and identity have largely stayed the same, the 2018 team’s supporting cast has moved on. Only nine of those 27 players are still on the team while two others, Shane Gersich and Pheonix Copley, remain in the organization.
Some key members of the 2018 championship team have flourished elsewhere. Others have wound down their careers or retired in different organizations or leagues.
By Ian Oland 12 months ago
The Chicago Blackhawks placed a familiar name to Caps fans on the waiver wire, Wednesday.
For the second time this season and the third time in less than a full year, Brett Connolly is on waivers.
Connolly is halfway through the second to last year remaining on the four-year, $14 million contract that he signed with the Florida Panthers in the summer of 2019 after leaving Washington as an unrestricted free agent.
By Chris Cerullo 1 year ago
2018 Stanley Cup champion, Brett Connolly, will have a hearing with the NHL after delivering a terrible, but what appears to be, accidental, hit to Tanner Kero.
Connolly, now a member of the Chicago Blackhawks, hit Kero 3:02 into the first period.
By Ian Oland 1 year ago
The Chicago Blackhawks placed a notable name on the waiver wire, Tuesday.
Chicago put former Capital and 2018 Stanley Cup champion, Brett Connolly on waivers. Connolly has two years remaining on the four-year, $14 million contract that he signed with the Florida Panthers in the summer of 2019 after leaving Washington as an unrestricted free agent.
This is the second time in less than a year that Connolly has been waived.
By Chris Cerullo 2 years ago
Former Capitals forward Brett Connolly will now be playing for his third team in three years after being dealt in a trade deadline deal on Thursday.
The Florida Panthers traded Connolly and a package of prospects and a draft pick to the Chicago Blackhawks for defenseman Lucas Carlsson and forward Lucas Wallmark.
The deal gives the Panthers, the second-best team in the NHL, salary cap space (Connolly had a $3.5 AAV) to potentially replace injured defenseman Aaron Ekblad and two depth players as they make their stretch run.
The Florida Panthers made a surprise transaction on Sunday.
The Panthers put former Capital and 2018 Stanley Cup champion, Brett Connolly, on waivers. Connolly has two years remaining on a four-year, $14 million contract ($3.5 AAV) he originally signed on July 1, 2019.
The upstart Panthers currently sit in second place of the Central Division (13-4-3, 29 standings points).
By Ian Oland 2 years ago
Big brands have asked broad questions to its followings on Twitter to get interaction during the coronavirus pandemic.
Saturday, NBC sports got a reply from Actual Famous Athlete TJ Oshie about what his favorite sports video game is.
It’s a stretch, but we’ll allow it.
