Wednesday Caps Clips

Your savory breakfast links:

• Taking a look at the relatively good - and bad - of the past seven seasons for the Caps. Spoiler alert... Nicklas Backstrom is very good at the hockey. [Rink]
• A few more (last) report cards to hand out:
  • Tom Wilson. [Rink, RMNB]
  • Patrick Wey. [CSNW]
• Sorry, everyone - the Caps will not be using their compliance buyout on Brooks Laich this summer; since he's sticking around, some think he'd be better off talking less and doing more. [Talk the Red]
• No official decisions have been made on who will join Barry Trotz behind the bench next season, but it's likely that the new coach will be making some changes. [CSNW]
• Speaking of Trotz, he's inheriting at least a few guys who could thrive under his watch. [Stars and Sticks]
• Mike Vogel's end-of-season chat with Troy Brouwer. [Rinkside Update]
• Wanted: one ECHL affiliate. [WaPo, CSNW, Stars and Sticks]
• The Caps  pick in the first round awaits the Caps in Philly at the end of the month - take a look at some recent 13th-overall picks, and one particularly enigmatic one by the Caps. [THW]
• Making the case for Ales Hemsky in Washington. [Stars and Sticks]