Saturday Caps Clips: Training Camp, Day Two

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• Day Two of training camp gets underway at 9:30am when Group Blue takes the ice on the Arlington Rink. Group White skates at 11:00, and Group Red laces up at 12:30. The full roster (by group) is available here...
• ... and here’s a breakdown of how they lined up on Day One. [CSNMA]
• Season storylines. [NHL.com]
• For the first time in a couple of years, the camp battles are meaningful. There’s room on the roster for some of the youngsters, and opportunity abounds. [Dump-n-Chase]
• Who will step up on the blueline? [WaPo]
• The door to Alex Ovechkin’s Olympic dream has slammed shut, which means he can devote his full attention to that Stanley Cup window. [WaPo, CSNMA, AP, PHT]
• Everyone got some camera time yesterday. [Monumental video (MacLellan, Trotz, Holtby, Backstrom, Oshie, Kuznetsov, Carlson, Rinkside Update/Smith-Pelly, Caps 365)]
• Nicklas Backstrom talked about Christian Djoos and his own Olympic dreams. [CSNMA]
• T.J. Oshie talked about signing his big deal with the Caps, and then about teammates who have moved on. [CSNMA]
• There, he said it - Evgeny Kuznetsov admitted that the Olympic option made the KHL a strong contender. [RMNB]
• Why this camp is already Connor Hobbs’ best camp. [CSNMA]
• Finally, happy 28th birthday to the Caps’ most important player, Braden Holtby.