Veteran goaltender, Cup-winning winger placed on waivers; both intriguing potential pickups

A pair of veterans have found their way onto the waiver wire on Sunday, as Minnesota's third-string netminder Alex Stalock and Florida Panthers winger Brett Connolly were placed on waivers earlier this morning.

Stalock, 33, has a career SV% of .909 and a career GAA of 2.61 and could be of use to several NHL clubs who are dealing with struggling netminders, or whose options may be limited due to injuries.

Stalock had spent his last four seasons as a member of the Minnesota Wild, though he has spent the majority of his career either playing with the San Jose Sharks, who drafted him in the 4th round back in 2005, or bouncing around in the AHL.

The St. Paul, Minnesota native has term remaining and has a very low cap hit, signed for $785K through 2021-22, which makes him a prime candidate to be claimed.

Connolly is an especially intriguing player, if for no other reason than that he is a Stanley Cup champion (Washington 2017-18) and has been one of the NHL's most efficient goalscorers over the course of his 10-year NHL career.

Connolly's single season career highs in goals, assists and points came in the 2018-19 season when he put up 22 goals and 24 assists for 46 points in 81 games for the Washington Capitals, despite averaging just 13:20 in ice time that season.

Connolly's career average for TOI is just 12:26 per season, which makes his 191 points through 512 NHL games really stand out, as that is pretty good production from a guy who doesn't see a heck of a lot of play.

Where Connolly seems to struggle is in his play away from the puck, as well as his inability to actually drive play on his own. In other words, if he's not producing on the scoresheet, he doesn't really provide much of anything to warrant keeping him in the lineup, which may actually be one of the determining factors in whether or not he clears - the other being his $3.5M cap hit through 2022-23.

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