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Wednesday Caps Clips: Winded in the Windy City

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  • Recaps and other assorted musings of last night’s season-opening loss from us, Monumental video (Oates, Ovechkin, Backstrom, Grabovski, Holtby, Laich), Vogs, NHL.com (with highlights), AP, SportsXchange, WaPo, WashTimes, CSNW, Puck Daddy, Peerless, F Street Faithful, Frankovic, Capitals Hill, RMNB, DSP (quick takes, recap, postgame show), Capitals Hill and Extra Skater (advanced stats), and from the Windy City, Chicago Tribune, CSN Chicago and Hockeenight.
    • Mikhail Grabovski would eventually be credited with a hat trick in his first game as a Cap, rounding out a four-point night… [RMNB]
    • … setting franchise records for goals and points in a player’s debut with the club and in a season-opener… [Elias Says]
    • …but the first Caps’ goal of the 2013-14 season was fittingly scored by the captain himself. [Capitals OT, Caps Basketball]
    • A trio of Caps’ youngsters got their first taste of (regular season) NHL action, with Connor Carrick, Tom Wilson and Michael Latta all making their debut. [NHL.com, WaPo, CSNW, CBSSports]
    • But is all that youth a bad thing? Hard to say if you compare this team to much crappier teams who used young players out of necessity, not talent… [WaPo]
    • As visitors to the home of the reigning Cup champs, the Caps had a pretty good seat for the banner ceremony. They wisely chose to forego that seat for one in the locker room. [WaPo]
    • Former Blackhawk Troy Brouwer was hoping that the Caps – and the emotions from the pregame ceremony – would spoil the party for his old team. Alas… [ESPN Chicago, CSN Chicago]
  • Could this finally be the year for the Caps? Hopefully, if only so we can stop wondering that every darn year. [CSNW]
  • Alex Ovechkin is probably sick of wondering that, too – but he’s handling that, and additional pressure to win Olympic gold, with maturity these days. [ESPN (Burnside)]
  • Check in with the voice of the Caps, John Walton, on today’s Capitals Minute. [Capitals Voice]
  • Last-minute previews of a season now officially underway:
  • Get out the crystal ball – time for some predictions:
    • The Puck Daddy crew weighs in with some predictions, with one bold contributor declaring the Caps will be the most overhyped team. Because it’s 2009? [Puck Daddy]
    • Okay, so who wins the Cup this year? [PHT]
    • Interestingly enough, Elliotte Friedman is waiting to answer that question until after the trade deadline… or more specifically, after the Caps are done at the deadline. [CBC (30 Thoughts)]
  • While we’re looking ahead at the real stuff, might as well check in on fantasylan-, er, fantasy hockey:
    • Recapping the preseason and looking ahead at the regular season as a whole. [NHL.com]
    • A couple of Caps pop up as players to buy, while one former Cap is one to avoid. [THW]
  • Power rankings both team-centric and League-wide. [NY Post, DSP]
  • Adam Oates is seriously into the details, right down to the curvature of a hockey stick. Make that every single hockey stick for every single one of his players. Keep the crazy comin’, coach. [WaPo]
  • The persistent media continues to ask Ovechkin about his native country’s anti-gay laws, and he continues to tiptoe around them. Pigeons learn faster, journalists. [Bog]
  • Checking in with Chocolatetown:
    • Final cuts made by the Caps meant that coach Mike Haviland finally got his full roster of players in camp. [Patriot-News]
    • Among those players headed back to Hershey? Dmitry Orlov, who is being praised for his attitude after getting demoted yet again. [Patriot-News]
    • Shootout wizard Joel Rechlicz chats about a memorable stint at Caps’ training camp. [Patriot-News]
    • Australian and Hershey Bear Nathan Walker continues to move closer to his NHL dream. [THW]
  • Once a group of fresh-faced, carefree youngsters, the crew formerly known as “Young Guns” is growing up. Sunrise, sunset… [CSNW (video)]
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