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Brett Connolly

#92

age32

posRW

shotr

h6'3"

w198lbs

Cap Relief

No Current Contract

Previous Cap Hit

$3,500,000$3.50M

Term

4 Years

Expiry Status

UFA 2023 age 31

Profile

Draft Position

Undrafted

Draft Class

Draft Team

Birthdate May 2, 1992

Nationality Canada

Agent Gerry Johannson

UFA Year 2019

ELC Year 19

Waivers Age 19

Est Career Earnings $22,425,500

Career Stats By Contract

NHL Only

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Season	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
2023-24	-	Champions HL	Rapperswil-Jona	1	0	1	1	0
2023-24	-	NL	Rapperswil-Jona	9	1	0	1	4
2022-23	$3,500,000 $3.50M	Spengler Cup	Team Canada	3	3	0	3	2
2022-23	$3,500,000 $3.50M	NL	Lugano	45	12	26	38	28
2021-22	$3,500,000 $3.50M	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	9	0	1	1	15	69	20.00	34.60	-14.10	42.30	-3.10		0.87
2021-22	$3,500,000 $3.50M	AHL	Rockford IceHogs	37	17	18	35	16
2020-21	$3,500,000 $3.50M	NHL	Chicago Blackhawks	10	1	1	2	2	98	33.30	44.00	2.80	50.90	5.80	0.61	0.61
2020-21	$3,500,000 $3.50M	NHL	Florida Panthers	21	2	2	4	2	246	60.00	49.40	-5.90	49.40	-4.10	0.24	0.24
2019-20	$3,500,000 $3.50M	NHL	Florida Panthers	69	19	14	33	26	881	51.40	49.70	1.50	52.70	3.90	1.02	1.84	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	0
2018-19	$1,500,000 $1.50M	NHL	Washington Capitals	81	22	24	46	24	993	58.76	49.71	3.34	50.10	1.51	1.27	2.66	Playoffs	7	2	0	2	0
2017-18	$1,500,000 $1.50M	NHL	Washington Capitals	70	15	12	27	30	725	50.77	40.31	-8.06	46.78	-2.15	0.83	1.74	Playoffs	24	6	3	9	0
2016-17	$850,000 $850K	NHL	Washington Capitals	66	15	8	23	40	667	70.21	52.21	0.44	55.82	2.86	1.26	1.98	Playoffs	7	0	0	0	0
2015-16	$1,025,000 $1.03M	NHL	Boston Bruins	71	9	16	25	20	841	48.68	48.23	0.08	51.75	3.32	0.36	1.28
2014-15	$850,500 $851K	NHL	Boston Bruins	5	0	2	2	10	58	33.33	60.66	6.43	56.28	6.50	0.00	1.03
2014-15	$850,500 $851K	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	50	12	3	15	38	482	58.06	53.71	-2.64	55.22	0.28	1.24	1.62
2013-14	$900,000 $900K	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	11	1	0	1	4	117	27.27	48.41	-4.09	49.50	-4.30	0.51	0.51
2013-14	$900,000 $900K	AHL	Syracuse Crunch	66	21	36	57	50
2012-13	$900,000 $900K	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	5	1	0	1	0	42	0.00	42.05	-7.52	45.29	1.78	0.00	0.00
2012-13	$900,000 $900K	AHL	Syracuse Crunch	71	31	32	63	53									Playoffs	18	6	5	11	0
2011-12	$900,000 $900K	WJC-20	Canada U20	6	5	1	6	4
2011-12	$900,000 $900K	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	68	4	11	15	30	683	46.81	48.89	-0.39	45.45	-0.56	0.18	0.97
2010-11	-	Jr Super Series	WHL All-Stars	1	1	0	1	0
2010-11	-	WJC-20	Canada U20	7	0	3	3	0
2010-11	-	WHL	Prince George Cougars	59	46	27	73	26									Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
2009-10	-	Jr Super Series	WHL All-Stars	1	0	0	0	2
2009-10	-	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Canada U18	2	0	1	1	0
2009-10	-	WJC-18	Canada U18	4	1	0	1	10
2009-10	-	WHL	Prince George Cougars	16	10	9	19	8
2008-09	-	WHC-17	Canada Pacific U17	6	3	5	8	2
2008-09	-	WJC-18	Canada U18	6	3	3	6	4
2008-09	-	WHL	Prince George Cougars	65	30	30	60	38									Playoffs	4	0	2	2	0
2007-08	-	BCEHL U18	Cariboo Cougars U18 AAA	38	16	16	32	80									Playoffs	6	4	1	5	0
2007-08	-	WHL	Prince George Cougars	4	0	0	0	0
2006-07	-	John Reid Bantam	Prince George Cougars U15 A1	4	1	1	2	4
2006-07	-	OMAHA	Prince George Cougars U15 A1	44	51	45	96	54
2005-06	-	John Reid Bantam	Prince George Cougars U15 A1	5	2	2	4	2
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Contract History

2019-2023 Standard Contract

term4yrs

value$14,000,000$14.00M

cap hit$3,500,000$3.50M

expiry 2023 UFA age 31

Signed On Jul 1 2019

Signing Agent Gerry Johannson

Signed By

Contract Bought Out By

This contract was bought out by prior to 2022-2023

Buyout Details

% Cap Contract Start 4.29%

Signing Status

UFA

age 27

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
Cap Hit	$3,500,000$3.50M	$3,500,000$3.50M	$3,500,000$3.50M	$3,500,000$3.50M	UFAage 31
AAV	$3,500,000$3.50M	$3,500,000$3.50M	$3,500,000$3.50M	$3,500,000$3.50M
Base	$3,500,000$3.50M	$3,500,000$3.50M	$3,500,000$3.50M	$3,500,000$3.50M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-	-
Total Salary	$3,500,000$3.50M	$3,500,000$3.50M	$3,500,000$3.50M	$3,500,000$3.50M
Minors Salary	$3,500,000$3.50M	$3,500,000$3.50M	$3,500,000$3.50M	$3,500,000$3.50M
Clauses	-	-	-	-
UFA Year

2017-2019 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$3,000,000$3.00M

cap hit$1,500,000$1.50M

expiry 2019 UFA age 27

Signed On Jun 26 2017

Signing Agent Gerry Johannson

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 2.00%

Signing Status

UFA no QO

age 25

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2017-18	2018-19	2019
Cap Hit	$1,500,000$1.50M	$1,500,000$1.50M	UFAage 27
AAV	$1,500,000$1.50M	$1,500,000$1.50M
Base	$1,400,000$1.40M	$1,500,000$1.50M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$100,000$100K	-
Total Salary	$1,500,000$1.50M	$1,500,000$1.50M
Minors Salary	$1,500,000$1.50M	$1,500,000$1.50M
Clauses	-	-
UFA Year

2016-2017 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$850,000$850K

cap hit$850,000$850K

expiry 2017 UFA no QO age 25

Signed On Jul 1 2016

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.16%

Signing Status

UFA no QO

age 24

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2016-17	2017
Cap Hit	$850,000$850K	UFA no QOage 25
AAV	$850,000$850K
Base	$850,000$850K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$850,000$850K
Minors Salary	$850,000$850K
Clauses	-
UFA Year

2015-2016 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$1,025,000$1.03M

cap hit$1,025,000$1.03M

expiry 2016 UFA no QO age 24

Signed On Jul 6 2015

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.44%

Signing Status

RFA

age 23

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2015-16	2016
Cap Hit	$1,025,000$1.03M	UFA no QOage 24
AAV	$1,025,000$1.03M
Base	$1,025,000$1.03M
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$1,025,000$1.03M
Minors Salary	$1,025,000$1.03M
Clauses	-
UFA Year

2014-2015 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$850,500$851K

cap hit$850,500$851K

expiry 2015 RFA age 23

Signed On Jul 10 2014

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.23%

Signing Status

RFA

age 22

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2014-15	2015
Cap Hit	$850,500$851K	RFAage 23
AAV	$850,500$851K
Base	$850,500$851K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$850,500$851K
Minors Salary	$67,500$68K
Clauses	-
UFA Year

2011-2014 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$4,900,000$4.90M

cap hit$1,633,333$1.63M

expiry 2014 RFA age 22

Signed On Jul 1 2011

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.40%

Signing Status age 19

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014
Cap Hit	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K	RFAage 22
AAV	$1,633,333$1.63M	$1,633,333$1.63M	$1,633,333$1.63M
Base	$810,000$810K	$810,000$810K	$810,000$810K
Performance Bonuses	$600,000$600K	$750,000$750K	$850,000$850K
Signing Bonuses	$90,000$90K	$90,000$90K	$90,000$90K
Total Salary	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K	$900,000$900K
Minors Salary	$67,500$68K	$67,500$68K	$67,500$68K
Clauses	-	-	-
UFA Year

Brett Connolly Updates

Sep 5 2022

Connolly signed a one-year contract with HC Lugano of Switzerland's National League on Monday.

Jul 11 2022

Connolly was waived Monday by the Chicago Blackhawks, who plan to buy out his contract, Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reports.

Feb 19 2022

Connolly was reassigned to AHL Rockford on Saturday, per Charlie Roumeliotis of NBC Sports Chicago.

Feb 17 2022

Connolly notched an assist and two hits in Thursday's 7-4 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Jan 28 2022

Connolly joined Chicago's active roster and will be in the lineup Friday versus Colorado, Scott Powers of The Athletic reports.

Jan 26 2022

The Blackhawks placed Connolly on waivers Wednesday, Charlie Roumeliotis of NBC Sports Chicago reports.

Jan 21 2022

Connolly cleared the NHL's COVID-19 protocols Friday, Carter Baum of the Chicago Blackhawks' official site reports.

Jan 15 2022

Connolly was designated for the NHL's COVID-19 protocols Saturday, Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

Jan 6 2022

Connolly has been recalled to the Chicago Blackhawks' active roster and will serve the final game of his four-game suspension Thursday against Arizona, source reports.

Jan 5 2022

Connolly (suspension) was demoted to the taxi squad Wednesday, Charlie Roumeliotis of NBC Sports Chicago reports.

Dec 27 2021

The Blackhawks added Connolly (suspension) to their taxi squad Monday.

Dec 19 2021

Connolly was suspended four games for interference against the Dallas Stars' Tanner Kero (upper body) in Saturday's game.

Dec 12 2021

Connolly was recalled from AHL Rockford on Sunday.

Oct 5 2021

Chicago waived Connolly on Tuesday, Scott Powers of The Athletic reports.

Sep 24 2021

Connolly (concussion) is on the ice for Friday's training camp practice, Ben Pope of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.