Saturday Caps Clips: The Cup Makes the Rounds

Your savory breakfast of champions links:

• Quick editorial note - we are pleased to roll out a new site navigation tag - “The Caps and the Cup”. Follow along as the Cup makes its way around the world this summer and all next season for the by-gawd Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals.
• One more time, with feeling: the keys to victory in Round Four, or - How the Washington Capitals became Stanley Cup champions. [Rink]
• “Watching Alex Ovechkin watch the Capitals play for the Stanley Cup turned out to be one of the highlights of the Final.” [Down Goes Brown at Vice]
• Spotlight on two members of the Caps’ scouting staff - the always excellent AGM Ross Mahoney and Darrell Greenbaum, the scout who, er, scouted Chandler Stephenson and Braden Holtby. [Ottawa Citizen]
• The Stanley Cup began its goodwill tour as Ted Leonsis and Alex Ovechkin brought the chalice to the Arlington County police department and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital... [Caps Today, @Capitals, @ArlingtonVA, @WTOP, WUSA9, WaPo, WJLA]

• ... and a special visit to Fort Dupont Ice Arena. [Color of Hockey]
• Back to the business of hockey:
• Here’s how the Caps could handle their free agents. [WaPo]
• Related - Can the Caps keep their band together? The Caps’ capologist has some thoughts.[ESPN]
• Devante Smith-Pelly hopes he’s found a home in DC. [NBCSW]
• What color is John Carlson’s balloon yacht? [RMNB]
• Considering the potential return for Philipp Grubauer, and missing him already. [RMNB]
• The trouble with Tom Wilson’s pending contract negotiations. [RMNB]
• Barry Trotz and Caps brass are working on a deal... [AP]
• ... unless they aren’t. [@JSportsnet]
• Finally, happy 37th birthday to Alexandre Giroux, happy 40th to Dainius Zubrus, happy 64th to Tony White.