Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana June 24, 2001, paNHL Entry Draft
, Connolly naTaylor Pyatt vakatengeswa neChitsuwa kuenda kuBuffalo Sabres nokuda kwemutungamiriri Michael Peca. Mushure mekupotsa mitambo mitatu chete yemwaka wenguva dzose mumwaka wake wekutanga mina muligi, kukuvara kwakatanga kutambudza basa raConnolly kutanga muna 2003<unk>04. Akarasikirwa nemwaka wese ne post-concussion syndrome mushure mekutambura nekudengenyeka mumutambo wepamberi wemwaka uchipesana neChicago Blackhawks. Munguva ye2004-05 NHL lockout, akatamba chikamu chechipiri chemwaka neSC Langnau muSwitzerland Nationalliga A.