Wednesday Caps Clips

Your savory breakfast links:

• The season that was for Scott Hannan... [Peerless]
• ... Tom Poti... [Peerless]
• ... and Dennis Wideman. [CI (Carrera)]
• On the cloudy D.C. future of Semyon Varlamov. [Hockey Independent (Scriven)]
• And speaking of free agents, the Caps keep rolling out the exclusive exit interviews with pending free agents first (this week's subject: Boyd Gordon)... just in case. [Capitals Overtime (video)]
• "Building America’s Hockey Medium Sized Provincial Port City" has a nice ring to it. [D.C. Sports Bog]
• "The N-Score evaluates name, image awareness, appeal and attributes such as sincerity, approachability, experience and influence to determine a player’s endorsement potential." It also ranks Mike Modano ahead of Alex Ovechkin. Shouldn't that have sent someone back to the drawing board? [Nielsen Wire (h/t @lindsapple)]
• Speaking of Ovi and endorsements, here's a "behind the scenes" look at some of his work for Gillette. [FanShot]
• Oh, and he's been spotted rocking a... well, see for yourself. [FanShot]
• Sam Carrier has a new QMJHL home (Francois Bouchard's Junior club, for what it's worth). [L'Avantage via Google Translate]
• Another mock draft, another "Caps take a Russian." [Too Many Men on the Site]
• Speaking of mock drafts, now seems like as good a time as any to remind y'all that our friends at D.C. Pro Sports Report maintain a mock draft database that's certainly worth a regular visit. [D.C. Pro Sports Report]
• Finally, happy 32nd birthday to Quintin Laing and happy 38th to Bryan Muir.