The suspense will soon be over as the Caps plan to announce their new captain Wednesday.

Also of note, the team plans to play Ben Clymer on the blueline ("for now at least"). This, in part, explains the re-signing of Matt Bradley and the lack of free agent defenseman signings outside of Brian Pothier. Clymer was drafted as a defenseman and played some D last season (which is more than could be said for Mathieu Biron and Ivan Majesky).