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Brett Connolly News
The Blackhawks recalled Brett Connolly from Rockford (AHL).

Connolly is a 10-year NHL veteran with 527 career games played and 194 points (101G / 93A) with the Lightning. Capitals, Bruins, Panthers, and Blackhawks. He skated on the Blackhawks' fourth line in Monday's practice and will likely make his season debut on Wednesday.

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Connolly (undisclosed) is expected to play in the Panthers season opener.

Connolly returned to Panthers practice on Monday and head coach Joel Quenneville said that “it looks like he’s going to be more than ready for opening night.” Connolly is set to play a top-6 role with his new team, skating on the second line with Vincent Trocheck and Mike Hoffman. That should set him up for a career-high in ice-time and should allow him to be at least a 20-20 player again in 2020.

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Connolly will be a healthy scratch on Thursday.

Alex Chiasson will replace Connolly in the Capitals lineup tonight vs. the Hurricanes but it is not a knock on Connolly’s game according to head coach Barry Trotz. “[He] has been playing fine” but Trotz is just trying to keep everyone involved—Chiasson sat on Tuesday.

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The Capitals have re-signed Brett Connolly to a two-year extension worth $3.0M ($1.5M AAV).

Connolly set a new career-high in goals in his first season with the Capitals, scoring 15 goals with eight assists (23 points) in 66 games. Connolly always has strong underlying numbers, but rarely sees enough ice-time to be a big factor offensively.

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