can we not call up a forward? do we have choice but to play Schmidt?
Mason Mitchell, LW, Alaska-Anchorage.Who was the 3rd. This F from Merrimack, the D from Lake Superior....and who?
can we not call up a forward? do we have choice but to play Schmidt?
Whoever. Not the time to experiment anymore. That was pre-TDL. It's the time to start gearing up for the playoffs and locking things down.
I am not sure why so many are getting freaky about that off handed Schmidt comment. Its not an experiment. Its a back up plan in case somebody gets injured and cant play. They have no intention of sticking him in the lineup to see what he can do. As in an experiment. They have two spare players. Both defensemen. If a forward cant play a game on the roadie, they will stick Schmidt in the lineup and either go 7D or use 88 as a forward.
A reminder of what Trotz said. He was asked if with Carey going down would they use Schmidt as a forward? Trotz said, "umm....sure".
Its an emergency measure only.
Also....are you suggesting that Trotz shouldn't try a line combination change if he feels it necessary?
thanks bud. That clears it up for me.
@reporterchris: Bill Daly says the NHL's salary cap is projected to be $75.5M-$76M next season, but adds it will depend on inflator negotiations with NHLPA.
It won't be finalized until June but perhaps the Caps will have a bit more room to work with. The NHLPA may balk but ultimately I'd expect them to agree to it once again.
I know it's not entirely an A+B=C situation but you'd think if a league is expanding then it should be healthy enough for the cap to go up significantly
Funny math? Ever see the Big Short?
Yes. Awesome, awesome movie.
Are you saying the NHL is like the housing bubble? I wonder what that would look like
I wonder if the expansion fee isn't included in the whole pie?
That would be a 2.5 to 3 million increase correct?@reporterchris: Bill Daly says the NHL's salary cap is projected to be $75.5M-$76M next season, but adds it will depend on inflator negotiations with NHLPA.
It won't be finalized until June but perhaps the Caps will have a bit more room to work with. The NHLPA may balk but ultimately I'd expect them to agree to it once again.
It doesn't. It goes straight to the owners.Can't recall how that gets distributed--whether or not it counts as revenue in cap calculations.
Yes, it's $73M currently.That would be a 2.5 to 3 million increase correct?
He's probably never played forward before in his professional career. This isn't the time to experiment.
Having Schmidt on the 4th line with limited minutes and a defensive role wouldn't lose us a game. Worst case scenario you can even try having Orlov at forward, I'm sure he'd do very well.
Chances are he'd be slotted in on the third line, which regularly gets <10 minutes a game as it is. And the D are arguably more involved in offence than wingers are involved in defence as it is.
The question now Sanford's gone is what happens if one of our centers is out? If they can't recall someone for cap reasons (and I suspect they could - just can't have a 13th F around for the whole remainder of the season) does Mojo move back to C?
The question now Sanford's gone is what happens if one of our centers is out? If they can't recall someone for cap reasons (and I suspect they could - just can't have a 13th F around for the whole remainder of the season) does Mojo move back to C?
having thought about it some, I think it more likely if a forward misses a game, that they would play with 11 forwards and use Schmidt as a 7th defenseman, thus getting him some reps on the D. Otherwise he wont get to play short of an injury until the Caps are locked into a seed.