Posts About "Conor Sheary"
Entry-Level Contracts Help Teams Stay Competitive
September 26th, 2017 Ever since the NHL’s salary cap was invoked, the league and its 31 teams have been working on strategies to become more salary cap efficient via hunting for marginal value. As the manner in which teams are using their resources continues to evolve in today’s parity era, so too are the functions of scouting departments, as they’re...
3 Remaining Questions for Penguins this Summer
July 31st, 2017 The Pittsburgh Penguins locked up their last remaining restricted free agent, wing Conor Sheary, on Sunday. Pittsburgh and Sheary agreed to a three-year, $9-million deal, giving him an annual cap hit of $3 million. With this signing, the Penguins will bring back 12 guys that played in both of the last two Stanley Cup Finals, and of...
Conor Sheary Redeems Himself
May 28th, 2017 Conor Sheary has been part of two playoff runs for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Both runs have looked very similar for the team, each time seeing the Penguins make it all the way to the Final, but they have looked very different for Sheary himself. Sheary was an indispensable part of the group in the 2016 playoffs, earning four goals and...
Good, Bad and the Ugly Going into Game 6
May 8th, 2017 Game 6 of the second-round series between the Washington Capitals and the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight is undoubtedly a crucial match. If the Penguins lose, they're headed back to Washington for an elimination game on enemy ice. Here's the good, the bad and the ugly going into the game as the Penguins struggle to hold onto a tenuous 3-2...What Happened to Conor Sheary?
April 29th, 2017 Something has changed for the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Conor Sheary. In these past six playoff games, he’s not only produced an uncharacteristically low two points and earned the lowest plus-minus rating on the team with -4, but his play has also declined significantly enough that he was moved off the first line. After spending most of...
Blue Jackets/Penguins: A Playoff Prelude
April 4th, 2017 It's all but settled. The Columbus Blue Jackets and Pittsburgh Penguins seem set to meet in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Barring a miracle, these two I-70 rivals separated by just two and a half hours will spend a lot of time with each other in April. The thing that is not yet settled is home-ice advantage. Tuesday...
