Thursday Caps Clips

Your savory breakfast links:

• No press release from the team yet, but word on the street has forward Zach Sill signed with the Caps on a one-year, two-way contract. [Truro Daily News, WaPo]
  • Sill may, or may not, remember Tom Wilson from a dust-up last year. [Caps Outsider]
  • He seems a likable enough fellow; earlier this summer he played chauffeur for some kids from his hometown so they could go to prom. [Metro Halifax]
  • And then, we have this. [@kikkerlaika, @pfholden]
• When your league has a salary cap, spending wisely is key. How does the Caps' cap management stack up? [Rink]
• Five things you may not know about T.J. Oshie . Though honestly it's pretty hard to not know that first thing. [Pressbox DC]
• The case for reuniting John Carlson and Karl Alzner on the blueline. [StarsandSticks]
• Previewing the Caps' new-personnel penalty kill. [S&S]
  
• Competition in the Metro Division is still predicted to be nutz next season. [NHL.com, Broad Street Buzz]
• Oh hai there 2015-2016 Super (Travel) Schedule. The Caps have the 7th fewest travel miles in the Lig this upcoming campaign, and their thirteen back-to-backs are three fewer than last season. [On The Forecheck]
• In which we learn that the team was testing some new real-time player tracking and monitoring systems during DevCamp... [WaPo, NoVa Caps Fans]
• ... possibly related to this system. [sporttechie]
• Speaking of DevCamp, free-agent invite Cody Murphy wrapped up his week at Kettler by signing a one-year contract with VIK Valsteras in the Allsvenskan league. [vlt.se]
• The Caps have posted the video from the scrimmage. [Monumental video (Part 1, Part 2, Interview with AGM Ross Mahoney)]
• Joel Ward talks about saying goodbye and charts his course West. Fare thee well, Wardo. [WaPo]
• Finally, happy 49th birthday to Mikhail Tatarinov, and happy 24th to Nate Schmidt.