Tuesday Caps Clips

Your savory breakfast links:

• Wrapping up the 2017-18 season for rookie blueliner Christian Djoos. [Rink, RMNB]
• After winning their first Stanley Cup, the Caps are eager to get to work defending it. [NHL]
• Vogs chats with Nicklas Backstrom about what went into hoisting that Cup for the first time. [Caps video]
• Grading all of GM Brian MacLellan’s moves over the last year. [NoVa Caps]
• The Caps have taken care of most of their offseason to-do list, but a few key things still remain. [NBCSW]
• One of those key things is a new deal for Tom Wilson. So just how much is #43 worth? [NoVa Caps]
• The captain’s two-day celebration with the Cup included everything from heartfelt family moments to karaoke and piles of caviar. [WaPo, NHL, NBCSW, Yahoo! Canada]
• He survived Moscow; now Stanley has landed in the Czech Republic for celebrations with Michal Kempny and Jakub Vrana. [NoVa Caps]
• Speaking of Kempny, take a look back at how the best deadline-day acquisition fared last season. [Peerless]
• Where the Stanley Cup goes, an uptick in youth hockey participation often follows, and DC should be no exception. [WaPo]
• Goalie prospect Ilya Samsonov has made the move to North America and is ready to learn. [StarsandSticks]
• Get to know prospect Colby Williams. [NoVa Caps]
• T.J. Oshie helped raise a serious chunk of change at the Gene Upshaw Memorial golf tournament, offering up a team-signed jersey for auction. [Sierra Sun]
• Oshie will be hitting the links for charity again this weekend when he joins a bevy of stars for the 2018 American Century Championship. [NBC Sports]