Friday Caps Clips

Your savory breakfast links:

• It’s almost time for the Caps to make the tough mental shift from champions to defending champions. [NBCSW]
• But can they repeat as champs in 2019? [Puck Prose]
• More previews of the upcoming season for the defending champs. [NBCSW, PHT (3 questions, Reirden under pressure, Wilson feature]
• New contract in hand and a full season on the top line under his belt, Tom Wilson is poised for success. [NoVa Caps]
• Little by little, the champs are making their way back to the DC area. Hockey’s in the air! [FiCP]
• T.J. Oshie had the honor of raising the ‘12 Flag’ (which apparently is a thing) at yesterday’s Seattle Seahawks preseason game. [Seahawks]
• Meanwhile in Massachusetts, Brooks Orpik got his day with the Cup - ice cream, wine, and the beach? That’ll do. [NHL, NoVa Caps]
• Devante Smith-Pelly took a few minutes to grade and critique some of the Cup day celebrations of his teammates. Flamethrowers = A+. [Yahoo!]
• Four goalies whose only NHL game was played in a Caps’ jersey. [Peerless]