Friday Caps Clips

Your savory breakfast links:

● Ah, Mike Knuble, you scoundrel. Being all witty and chirpy and awesome as you set a course for new adventures doesn't make this any easier.

○ A salute from his Knights... [RMNB]

○ ... earns them a salute from their Champion. [@MikeKnuble22, DC Sports Bog]

○ Whereas a chirp from his (now former) Captain ... [@Ovi8]

○ ... right back atcha, Alex. [@MikeKnuble22]

○ Dishing one last time with Eliot in the Morning. [DC101 via YouTube]

○ The Boss wishes him well. [Ted's Take]

○ And some thoughts on the direction the franchise with its TBD coach and not-quite-young stars might take. [WaPo, PHT]

● The day in year-end reviews:

○ Joel Ward ... [Peerless]

○ ... Marcus Johansson... [RMNB, RtR]

○ ... and Roman Hamrlik. [CSNW]

● More roundtabling: Other than a new head coach, what is the Caps' biggest need this offseason? [DSP]

● In which Alexander Semin gives an interview back home ... [RMNB]

○ ... while speculation heats up that Sergei Fedorov is preparing to make Sasha and Alexander Radulov a bazilly offer to play for Red Army. [BS, Edmonton Journal, CBSSports]

● #fancystats, coming to a coaching search near you. [ESPN ($)]

● Catching up with Brendan Witt. [@WashCaps]

● Finally, happy 33rd birthday to Quintin Laing and happy 39th to Bryan Muir.