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