In the midst of a pandemic that shut down the world, Conor Sheary felt frozen in time.
As the offseason rolled on with no start to the season in sight, free agency slowed down, providing a wave of uncertainty.
Finally, the schedule was locked in and teams came back around to the utility forward. It was near the end of December that he’d ink a one-year, $735K deal with the Washington Capitals.
“It was a lot of patience, a lot of waiting around... it was just a bit more stress on myself and my family at home,” Sheary said earlier in the year.