Wednesday Caps Clips

Your savory breakfast links:

• Updates from Minsk as the IIHF World Championships continue:
  • Joel Ward is tearing it up for Team Canada... [CBC, The Guardian]
  • ...and is just one of many Caps having a strong World Championship so far. [Talk the Red]
  • Sadly, that no longer includes Dmitry Orlov, who broke his arm and will return to Washington for further treatment. Poor kid. [Instagram (pavell76), IIHF, NHL.com, AP, WaPo, CSNW, RMNB]
• Could former Nashville Predators (and Baltimore Skipjacks/Portland Pirates) coach Barry Trotz be a good fit with his old organization? [WaPo, CSNW, USA Today]
• Caps' beatwriter Ed Frankovic talks all things Caps. [THW]
• Wrapping up the season for Philipp Grubauer... [Rink, RMNB]
• ...and Evgeny Kuznetsov. [CSNW]
• Checking in with Chocolatetown:
  • The Caps have officially extended their affiliation with the Hershey Bears through the 2014-15 season. [Caps, Patriot-News, WaPo, CSNW, AP]
  • Amazingly enough, the now ten-year relationship between the clubs is the second-longest affiliation in Hershey's long and storied history. [Patriot-News]
  • Meanwhile the Caps have also renewed their ties with forward Garrett Mitchell, re-signing the 22-year-old to a one-year, two-way contract. [Caps, Patriot-News]
• Mike Vogel sits down with Mike Green. [Rinkside Update]
• Congrats to Steve Oleksy, the pride of L'Anse Creuse North, on having his jersey retired by his high school. [Macomb Daily, Caps Outsider]
• Finally, happy 45th birthday to Steve Seftel.