Sunday Caps Clips: Stormy Weather

Your savory breakfast links:

• Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s loss from Vogs, Monumental video (Trotz), NHL.com, CSNMA, NoVa Caps, News & Observer, and Canes Country.
• Of course he scored. Of course. [RMNB]
• By the end of the game, Nathan Walker, Jay Beagle and Devante Smith-Pelly were playing as a trio... might that be Barry Trotz’s fourth line? [CSNMA]
• News and notes from yesterday’s pregame skate and training camp festivities. [Rinkside Update/Niskanen, Dump ‘n Chase]
• A few leftovers from Friday night’s loss to St. Louis. [Dump ‘n Chase, AP]
• Thanks to a hit on Blues’ prospect Robert Thomas, Tom Wilson earned himself his first career suspension and will sit out the next two preseason games. [WaPo, CSNMA, Puck Daddy, CBC, The Score, Sporting News]
• The next round of cuts is expected to take place today, and the battle on the blueline is as tight as ever. [WaPo, CSNMA]
• Meanwhile a strong performance by Tyler Graovac on Friday night has him in the mix for one of the forward spots. [WaPo, THW]
• So with four preseason games in the books, what do we know about these Caps? [WNST (Frankovic)]
• New two-year deal in hand, Brett Connolly is ready to play a bigger role with the Caps this season. [THW]
• Alex Chiasson and Jyrki Jokipakka are just two of almost 60 players, many younger than 30, who are in camps on PTOs. [AP]
• Finally, happy 29th birthday to Paul Carey and Karl Alzner.