Wednesday Caps Clips: Setting Up for the Season

Your savory breakfast links:

Previews and prognostications:
- League and conference-wide. [ESPN (and again), NHL.com, THW, Sportsnet, On the Forecheck, USA Today (and again), PHT]
- Caps-specific. [Peerless, WNST, Sportsnet, CSNMA (and again)]
- That pesky Stanley Cup window, again. [NHL.com, FanSided]
- Power rankings. [TSN, USA Today, ESPN, THW, FanSided, SI.com]

It was Media Day out at Kettler, and the Caps did a lot of talking:

The Captain is ready for this season to start already. [CSNMA]
There’s no place like home for Nicklas Backstrom, and that place is Washington DC. [CSNMA]
Evgeny Kuznetsov borrows some of his goal cellies from FIFA. [CSNMA]
Everyone wanted to talk to Zach Sanford. [NoVa Caps, CSNMA]

The rook! @zachsanford21 goes 1-on-1 with @KristenBerset @wusa9 pic.twitter.com/C8PLYxoCCL

— Tom Hunsicker (@TomSportsWUSA9) October 11, 2016

Uncle Ted had a big announcement – Monumental Sports is joining forces with CSN and NBC Universal to provide a new platform to serve up scads of DC sports goodness. [Monumental (video), RMNB, WaPo, CSNMA]

How many goals could Alex Ovechkin score over his career? A lot. Like a lot a lot. Almost the most, even. [TSN]

Brett Connolly is still working to find a defined role with the Caps. But not to worry – he knows what he needs to do and just needs to actually do it. [CSNMA]

Speaking of just doing it, the team needs Tom Wilson to step up his offensive game, pronto. [WaPo]

Analytics versus eyeballs – the Caps use a little of both to evaluate their players. [WaPo, NoVa Caps]

Finally, happy 31st birthday to Mike Green and happy 51st birthday to Todd Krygier.

Wednesday Caps Clips: Setting Up for the Season

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