History repeats itself as Connolly leaves another Capitals player hanging

Vrana spurned this time around, just as Kuznetsov was last season

FLA@WSH: Vrana attempts to give Connolly a fist bump

By Daniel O'Leary @DanOLeary25 / NHL.com Staff Writer

October 20, 2018

In a season following the first Stanley Cup in Washington Capitals history, why not try to repeat everything that happened the year before?
And we do mean everything.

For the second time in as many seasons, forward Brett Connolly has unknowingly left a teammate hanging, only for that teammate to fist bump himself.

Left hangin AGAIN! @bconnolly8 @JVranaa pic.twitter.com/RlVmG3EH8w
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) October 20, 2018

Last season, the victim
was Evgeny Kuznetsov. Connolly later tweeted an apology, claiming "next time."

Next time 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻@Kuzya92
— Brett Connolly (@bconnolly8) December 5, 2017

Well, next time came on Friday -- but this time, poor Jakub Vrana got the cold shoulder.
The only possible conclusion we can draw is that Connolly is incredibly superstitious and sees this as a small but crucial way to ensure a successful Stanley Cup title defense.
Or maybe Connolly is just really, really oblivious when it comes to fist bumps?