Schmidt's arbitration ruling will be made Saturday, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.

EDGE Analysis

The former Capitals defenseman reportedly set his asking price at $2.75 million on a one-year deal. It's a bit strange to see a player who's recorded only 200 NHL games at the NHL level playing hardball with a brand new franchise, but Vegas is fittingly flush with cash -- it has $7.849 in current space space, according to CapFriendly -- so an arbitrator will make an official ruling with the two sides being $850,000 apart.