Show Notes:
1:00 British play by play specialists are narrating their dogs, how is Rimer surviving?
2:10 What do you think of the pitch to host Metro games in Columbus?
4:30 Why Columbus makes sense
7:05 What might it be like to call a game with no fans in the building
8:53 Will Jody Shelley get to be between the benches?
9:32 The risk / reward of being able to hear everything John Tortorella says
10:15 Will there need to be a Fox Sports Ohio plus broadcast for coach speak? (joke)
11:30 What would be the ideal seat from which to cover a game
12:42 How different would it be to call the game off a TV/monitor versus being in the building
15:37 Pre-game show will need a bigger desk to honor social distancing / it will be hard to broadcast through a mask
16:25 Bigger ramifications of the pause:
- 16:25 Salary cap changes
- 18:40 Using an exceptional category for one player per team
- 19:48 Does that help Blue Jackets facilitate a trade?
- 19:58 Could they average the cap over the next three years?
- 20:20 CBJ will be healthy if season resumes
20:57 Impact of pause on free agents
22:00 Draft in June – what do we think?
23:30 Playoff format options
23:53 Impact on players whose contracts expire July 1
24:16 Rimer’s idea for trades at the Draft
25:36 What is the impact of prorating the balance of the season: entry level contracts; points scored; games played
26:30 Will the playoffs start with no more games and Blue Jackets would be out?
28:26 Blue Jackets know if playoffs started today they wouldn’t be in
29:20 Rimer believes you can’t go directly into playoffs without some other games first
30:30 Imagine games in Columbus and the Blue Jackets aren’t in the playoffs
32:29 Portzline’s thoughts on Gary Bettman
33:33 A review of the Blue Jackets players and where they stand in terms of returning from injury
37:00 Rimer on players returning from injury
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