What happened to him? From top guy in Vegas to being bought out.
Didn’t realize that happened? That happened?It was a poor joke due to his previous lengthy suspension for performance enhancing drugs
Didn’t realize that happened? That happened?
Was a bad acquisition from day 1 for WPG, but Chevy needs an overpayed, unneeded player on the team…now Schmidt is gone, I’m expecting a Monahan extension announcement.Still scratching my head at how VAN wrangled a 2022 third rounder out of what should have been a pure cap dump deal.
Chalk up a rare Jim Benning W.
I could see him pulling an OEL next year.he is still a good bottom pair defensemen just can't afford him at that cap hit
then it kind of makes no sense that Utah/Win didn't do a deal as the Jets dead cap for him this season is $2.7 mill, so doing retention to get to $3 mill dead this season made more sense (along with then dropping next year's dead cap down to $0) plus for Utah, the salary would be lower as he's due $4.85 mill this year, so half is $2.425 mill.I could see Utah going out and paying him 2yr at 2.9m a year
I used to love Schmidt on the Caps. Sad to see him fall like this.
He was highly regarded at one point, so you weren't alone.I used to love Schmidt on the Caps. Sad to see him fall like this.
Dude lost his mojo once they took away his special ass pricks
I know this is a common excuse but it sounds like he was just tested positive for trace amounts of a banned substance that was likely in a supplement he took:His play definitely did do a major nose dive after that. He was a terrific top 4 dman with Vegas for a couple years.
Wonder how much can be attributed to the PEDs and how much is the mental side of being caught, playing in Canada, big contract etc and how much is just regular aging.