Daily Washington Capitals news and notes: everything you need to know from yesterday’s breakdown day at MedStar Capitals Iceplex.
Your savory breakfast links:
- General information from yesterday’s breakdown day for the Washington Capitals: Caps video, WaPo ($), Athletic ($), AP, NBCSW, NoVa Caps, Sportsnet, PHR, and Washington Times.
- Specific notes on Nicklas Backstrom… [WHN, NBCSW, NoVa Caps, RMNB, NHL]
- …Tom Wilson… [WHN, NBCSW, NoVa Caps, RMNB]
- …Carl Hagelin… [WHN, NoVa Caps, RMNB]
- …Alex Ovechkin… [WHN, NBCSW, NoVa Caps, RMNB]
- …Evgeny Kuznetsov… [NoVa Caps]
- …T.J. Oshie… [NoVa Caps, RMNB]
- …Nic Dowd… [NoVa Caps]
- …and the goaltending situation. [WHN, RMNB]
- Defensemen Martin Fehervary and Michal Kempny are heading to the IIHF World Championship to represent Slovakia and Czechia, respectively. [Caps, WHN, NBCSW, NoVa Caps, RMNB, PHR]
- A look at where the Caps finished in team statistics this season. [NoVa Caps]
- Finally, happy 38th birthday to Thomas Fleischmann!