Washington Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan has talked down the expansion-draft loss of Nate Schmidt all offseason long.
It’s “not as huge a deal as people are making it out to be,” MacLellan said to The Washington Post in July.
“Schmidt was more our sixth defenseman last year, and I don’t foresee that being a huge issue,” Mac added a month later to NHL.com.
Well I have bad news. Not only is Nate Schmidt a good defenseman, he’s also somehow acquired magical powers over the offseason.
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Two pieces of news:
1. @nateschmidt29 is in Las Vegas.
2. He has magic powers🎩 pic.twitter.com/b2nTluzWe5— Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) September 10, 2017
Saturday night, the Vegas Golden Knights announced Schmidt had arrived in Las Vegas by posting the above video. Schmidt is shown wearing a suit with a bow tie and standing in several inches of water. As Schmidt holds his hand out, a wet floor signs flies through the air.
Two pieces of news:
1. @nateschmidt29 is in Las Vegas.
2. He has magic powers🎩 pic.twitter.com/b2nTluzWe5— Vegas Golden Knights (@GoldenKnights) September 10, 2017
Schmidt already could puke rainbows, but this is significantly more impressive.
So…yeah. 100% not over losing Nate Schmidt pic.twitter.com/v6hnAv6eUd
— Emily Wright (@EmilyCello) September 8, 2017
