With all the recent injuries the Capitals have suffered, the team finds themselves in quite a bind. The Caps were forced to shift Brooks Laich, a forward, to the back end during the third period of last night's Wild game after Shultz left with a broken finger. The problem for the Caps now is going to be calling up players to fill the holes without exceeding the salary cap. An injured player must first be placed on long term injured reserve to free up his salary, which is a minimum of ten games, or 24 days, which ever comes first. The only player who may possibly fall under that category would be Shultz, who makes $750,000 a season, who is listed as "week to week." Without a player being placed on LTIR the Caps may find themselves having to deal a player in order to be able to call someone up from Hershey and fit under the cap. With Shultz's salary the Caps could only call up defenseman Sami Lepisto and not highly coveted prospect Karl Alzner. The Caps are in a tough situation, which was only made worse by the Shultz injury. It will be interesting to see how the Caps navigate the waters in order to fill roster spots, but they must do it quickly as the Atlanta Thrashers visit the phone booth tomorrow night.
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