Schultz and Ebert back to Ontario and Greene on LTIR

[kingskring]

Jon Rosen ‏@lakingsinsider 3m3 minutes ago
As expected, #LAKings have assigned Schultz and Ebert back to Ontario and have placed Greene on LTIR.

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[Holden Caulfield]

As expected. Nice little bonus for Ebert (even a few days on roster is a big bonus for those on two-way deals) and gives Kings room under the cap.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

So how many open roster spots do we have now? Have to assume there's a follow up move no? Or wouldn't we be short the rest of the trip?

 

[Reaper45]

So how many open roster spots do we have now? Have to assume there's a follow up move no? Or wouldn't we be short the rest of the trip?

At least two.

 

[YP44]

At least two.

pretty sure just 2..ormally with a helathy lineup a team would have 3 healthy scratches..right now LA just has 1.

 

[Omni Owl]

I'm thinking King is almost ready.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

The Kings only have one healthy scratch, and that is either one of Forbort or Weal. It's rather remarkable how this team has sustained success up to this point of the season given how inconsistent the lines and performances have been of the bottom six forwards and about half of the defensemen on the roster (exceptions being Doughty, Muzzin and Martinez, though they've laid a few eggs, albeit sporadically).

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

I'm thinking King is almost ready.

Highly doubtful. He hasn't even started practicing on the ice yet. He won't be near ready until he's actually participating in contact drills.

 

[Reaper45]

Right now we have

Pearson-Kopitar-Gaborik
Lucic-Carter-Toffoli
Brown-Shore-Andreoff
Nolan-Weal

Doughty-McNabb
Muffin-Martinez
McBain-Forbort
Ehrhoff

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Right now we have

Pearson-Kopitar-Gaborik
Lucic-Carter-Toffoli
Brown-Shore-Andreoff
Nolan-Weal

Doughty-McNabb
Muffin-Martinez
McBain-Forbort
Ehrhoff

That's what I thought, knew there was a hole somewhere...

...suicide to finish this trip with 11 forwards imo. Even if we win, it's exhausting.

 

[KingsFan7824]

Right now we have

Pearson-Kopitar-Gaborik
Lucic-Carter-Toffoli
Brown-Shore-Andreoff
Nolan-Weal

Doughty-McNabb
Muffin-Martinez
McBain-Forbort
Ehrhoff

I think you're missing a guy.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Forgetting Mersch.

 

[Omni Owl]

Highly doubtful. He hasn't even started practicing on the ice yet. He won't be near ready until he's actually participating in contact drills.

I meant ready as in, he'll be able to skate again ready. Obviously its gonna take awhile for him to get back in the swing of things.

 

[bob77]

So how many open roster spots do we have now? Have to assume there's a follow up move no? Or wouldn't we be short the rest of the trip?

Roster limit is 23. Can go over for every player on IR or LTIR. Kings have 3 on IR and 1 on LTIR. That would mean we could have 27 right now, but it's costly. All go against cap hit, except now the Kings cap limit just increased around $2.5M. So, the Kings officially have 25! Could call up two more right now if we wanted, and in fact, we did that yesterday, and then went back down. We wouldn't have been able to call up Schultz and Ebert is the injuries didn't exist. It would have put us over the roster limit.

 

[Bandit]

Haven't been following closely but why was this "expected"? What was the point of calling them up in the first place?

 

[Nizar]

Haven't been following closely but why was this "expected"? What was the point of calling them up in the first place?

To get maximum LTIR cap relief or something like that.