Wednesday Caps Clips: The Expansion Draft Awaits

Your savory breakfast links:

• Meet the new jerseys! They're... well, pretty much the same as the old jerseys. [Caps, Rink, FiCP, NoVa Caps, RMNB]
• The season in review for Tom Wilson... [Rink, RMNB, StarsandSticks]
• ...Brooks Orpik... [Peerless]
• ...and Jay Beagle (in photos). [FiCP]
• Braden Holtby arrived in Vegas and (after some requisite suit shopping for the big night) spoke to the assembled hockey media. [Monumental video]
• And while he's there as a Vezina finalist, he's pulling for Sergei Bobrovsky to take home the big prize. [NHL.com]
• Some Caps- and expansion draft-related notes in this week’s 30 Thoughts. [Sportsnet (Friedman)]
• The Caps just cannot afford to lose Nate Schmidt to Vegas in the expansion draft. We'll find out tonight if they will. [WUSA9]
• Should the Caps lose Philipp Grubauer, instead, don't expect to see goalie prospect Ilya Samsonov take his place right away. [WaPo]
• Meanwhile, this is a big offseason for Jakub Vrana, who could be a crucial piece for the Caps going forward. [CSNMA]
• And on the blueline, Madison Bowey could be ready to challenge for his own spot on the NHL roster. [CSNMA]
• Fun story about how the Caps once tried to circumvent those pesky expansion draft rules. [WaPo]
• Chris Bourque is back for a ninth season with the Hershey Bears. [Patriot-News, Caps Outsider]
• Finally, happy 69th birthday to Denis Dupere, and happy 67th to Ron Low.