One way Schmidt believes he can help the Mammoth get over the hump is by tapping into the experience he\u2019s had with not only the Panthers and Golden Knights, but the Washington Capitals and Winnipeg Jets as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor better or for worse, I\u2019ve played in a couple of places now where I\u2019ve can kind of seen where things are going to fall on the spectrum,\u201d Schmidt said. \u201cThis group is arriving. Each year you looked at them and it\u2019s not just a point night (for the opposition) any more.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis team plays hard and they have more than just a couple of skilled guys. It\u2019s becoming a more complete team and the defensemen are a lot more veteran now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Following its move from Arizona prior to last season, Utah added veteran talent to its young roster, which is led by forwards Clayton Keller<\/a>, Logan Cooley<\/a>, Dylan Guenther<\/a> and Barrett Hayton<\/a>.<\/p>\n Two of those additions were defensemen (Mikhail Sergachev<\/a>, John Marino<\/a>), so Schmidt sees himself as just another piece in the development of a winning culture.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the last couple of years they\u2019ve added guys like myself and a couple of other guys that have won before, and that type of mentality starts to roll over in my opinion,\u201d Schmidt said. \u201cOn the teams that I\u2019ve been on, that\u2019s the type of mentality they have. In my case, I just tasted this thing and I can\u2019t wait for another chance at it again. That\u2019s what you\u2019re going to get out of me and that\u2019s what I\u2019m most excited to bring to this group.\u201d<\/p>\n Signed by Washington as an undrafted free agent on April 3, 2013, Schmidt has 239 points (52 goals, 187 assists) in 741 regular-season games for the Capitals, Golden Knights, Vancouver Canucks, Jets and Panthers, and 40 points (10 goals, 30 assists) in 99 playoff games.<\/p>\n He had 19 points (five goals, 14 assists) in 80 regular-season games and 12 points (three goals, nine assists) in 23 playoff games for Florida last season.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have a ton of skilled forwards that can make a ton of skilled plays, and now is the next part of that development as a team,\u201d Schmidt said. \u201cFor me, when I was talking to management, it was where I could fit into the group and what can I bring?\u201d<\/p>\n Schmidt answered that in part by saying he is willing to contribute in whatever way necessary for the Mammoth, which is the same attitude he took to Florida.<\/p>\n \u201cI went into Florida and said I would play wherever, however and whenever, and had that kind of mentality,\u201d Schmidt said. \u201cI think it was really a stroke of lightning for me, because I went in there not expecting anything. That\u2019s kind of the way I\u2019m going to try and do this next move is to come into Utah and not expect anything.\u201d<\/p>\n Regardless of his role, Schmidt will be part of a strong defensive group in Utah, which includes Sergachev, Marino, Sean Durzi<\/a>, Olli Maatta<\/a>, Ian Cole<\/a> and Juuso Valimaki<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWhatever role you get you roll with, and I felt last year that that is something that really helped me a ton,\u201d Schmidt said. \u201cWhen you start expecting things and thinking you deserve this, that or the other, then that\u2019s when you can get resentful for not being on the power play or not doing certain things and not just enjoying it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One way Schmidt believes he can help the Mammoth get over the hump is by tapping into the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":55612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[293,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-55611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-nhl","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114832084275391970","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}