Cika wannan jumla:
2009 NHL Entry Draft, Connauton ya kasance a matsayi na 202 a tsakanin Arewacin Amurka da ke da damar shiga. Daga baya an zaɓe shi a zagaye na uku, 83rd gaba ɗaya, ta Vancouver Canucks. Ya kasance daya daga cikin 'yan wasan CCHA uku da aka dauka a cikin daftarin kuma mafi girma gaba ɗaya. Da farko ya cancanci shiga NHL Entry Draft na 2008, amma ba a zaɓe shi ba. Daraktan Canucks na kwalejin kwalejin Stan Smyl ya haskaka fashewar Connauton a matsayin daya daga cikin ƙarfinsa, yayin da mataimakin shugaban dan wasan Thomas Gradin ya lura da kwarewar wasan motsa jiki.