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Originally Posted by FlameZilla
Has Connolly settled in there this season? Any danger of him being sent down, or has he finally earned a roster spot?
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has earned a spot, although in a bottom six role playing 10 minutes a game ... that's the best he can hope for in Tampa right now, there are simply too many players vying for top 6/top 9 time. Question is now where they fit in Drouin and if that bumps Connolly out of the lineup again. So far, they have mainly used these lines:
Ondrej Palat - Steven Stamkos - Ryan Callahan
Valtteri Filppula - Tyler Johnson - Alex Killorn
Nikita Kucherov - Vlad Namestnikov - J.T. Brown
Brenden Morrow - Brian Boyle - Brett Connolly
possible that Connolly (or Morrow) loses a spot, Brown gets bumped down to 4th line and Drouin takes Browns spot on the Russian line (or even Killorns spot on the 2nd line).