earlier today i went one-on-one with the defenseman nate schmidt about the matchup with edmonton. >>y are a good team. they play us tough in the environment. mcdavid is a special player. they have speed up front. erin: do you feel like you are a faster team? >> testing it out. test the waters with it. the team come out of the west and make sure this is one of the teams you measure up against. >> meanwhile, down in west palm beach, reining n.sh -- reigning m.v.p. is practicing but he can't throw fastballs. he suffers the most pain then. scherzer suffered a fracture at the base of his ring finger. >> i can throw a baseball with a modified grip. to me it is getting the ar to speed as fast as possible. they are going out to get my arm in shape. >> newly acquired bojan bogdanovic will make his wizards debut tonight when washington takes on the sixers. you would think that name would be hard to say but it's fun. bogdanovic. jonathan: a fun name to say. [laughter] thanks. michelle: doug, ready for the weekend. doug: it will change on us here with the cold front tomorrow. hit 71st. some suns