Tampa Bay Lightning Reasons For Concern: Conor Sheary
Acquired in free agency from Washington, Conor Sheary is a capable goal scorer.
When paired with Alex Ovechkin.
News flash: he won’t be paired with Alex Ovechkin in Tampa.
Last year, he scored 15 goals and had 22 assists. These are serviceable numbers but also fall in line with Alex Killorn’s numbers pre-2019.
With the anticipation that Sheary will be taking Killorn’s spot on the second line, he will need to double his goal-scoring to match what Killorn did the last couple of seasons.
And at 5’9″ and 179 pounds, Sheary is four inches shorter and 15 pounds lighter than Killorn.
If Sheary can’t find the back of the net at least 20 times, it is going to put even more pressure on Point, Stamkos, Kucherov, and Hagel to produce.