The Florida Panthers announced Sunday night that they have signed both defenceman Kevin Connauton and goaltender Scott Darling to a professional tryout.
Connauton, 30, spent the majority of the 2019-20 season in the AHL with the Colorado Eagles where he had 27 points in 38 games. He also played in both four regular season and playoff games with the Colorado Avalanche, where he picked up an assist. He has played in 314 regular season games split between the Dallas Stars, Columbus Blue Jackets, Arizona Coyotes, and the Avalanche. In those 314 games he has 27 goals and 76 points.
Darling, 32, spent the 2019-20 season playing for Innsbruck HC in Austria. He started his NHL career with the Chicago Blackhawks and helped the team win a Stanley Cup in 2015. He then signed a four-year deal with the Carolina Hurricanes, but was sent to the AHL in his second season with them before being traded to the Panthers and immediately bought out afterward. He has played in a total of 126 NHL games, posting a 2.72 goals against average and a .908 save percentage.
PTOs mean a player can still negotiate with any team they like during training camp, but will train with the team that offered the try-out in the hopes of getting an offer from them before the season starts. If that does not happen, the player returns to being an unrestricted free agent.
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