Friday Caps Clips

Your savory breakfast links:

• Taking a look back at the 2018-19 campaign for John Carlson. [Rink, RMNB]
• Ditto for T.J. Oshie. [Peerless]
• Five of the six Caps at the World Championship will get underway today, as Russia takes on Norway and the Czech Republic plays Sweden. [IIHF]
• The Caps may need to shed some salary this summer - and that could leave Matt Niskanen out in the cold (or at least on the trade block). [NBCSW]
• A little more on Hershey’s playoff ousting via sweep Wednesday night... [NBCSW, NoVa Caps, StarsandSticks]
• ...and where that leaves the Caps’ prospects. [NBCSW]
• The year in review and a look ahead for prospect Riley Sutter. [NoVa Caps]
• How to get through to Evgeny Kuznetsov and more in part 2 of this week’s mailbag. [NBCSW]
• The pick order is set for this summer’s entry draft (at least up through spot #27), and for just the second time in franchise history the Caps will draw at lucky #25. [NHL]