It seems that there are extenuating circumstances to his being a healthy scratch, beyond the obvious 'he wasn't good enough'. According to Adam Vingan:
Last season, Schultz fell victim to head coach Adam Oates's philosophy of playing his defensemen on their natural side, Therefore, Schultz, who shoots left, was the odd man out behind Karl Alzner, John Erskine and Jack Hillen and did not play after March 31.
Depending on Marc Bergevin's plans for the cap room he increased by buying out Tomas Kaberle, like the Vincent Lecavalier sweepstakes for example, it may make sense to just grab the big Capitals defenceman and plug him into our lineup.
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