Sunday Caps Clips: Training Camp, Day Three

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• Day Three of training camp gets underway today at 9:00am when Group Red and Group Blue practice separately, then hold a scrimmage on the Caps Rink at 9:45. Group White skates at 12:30pm...
• ... and the scrimmage lineups are available here. [NoVa Caps]
• You know who’s looking good in camp? Jakub Vrana, that’s who. And he’s getting some time on Backstrom’s wing. [NoVa Caps]
• Another guy making a good impression is Alex Chiasson, who brings size, veteran smarts and just a bit of desperation to his professional tryout. [CSNMA, WaPo]
• Coach has his promising young blueliners riding shotgun with the vets. [WaPo]
• Nathan Walker has earned his stripes in the AHL, and now he is pushing to finally break through to the big leagues. [THW, Rinkside Update (video)]
• Coach Trotz surveys his troops and pronounces his squad’s depth better even the last year. No, really. [WashTimes]
• Up, down. Down, up. The official team weigh-ins brought some interesting results. [RMNB]
• Milestone markers - There are a few team records and maybe even some league records in play this season, plus plenty of “round number” milestones to reach for. [NoVa Caps]
• Finally, happy 32nd birthday to the man, the myth, the legend - the one and only Alex Ovechkin.