Thursday Caps Clips

Your savory breakfast links:

• Taking a look at some more potential forward targets for the Caps as they get ready to make their selections at this weekend’s draft. [Rink]
• The salary cap is still somehow being finalized, and rumor has it that it might be lower than expected... which could cause a bit of a trade frenzy this summer. [AP]
• The Matt Niskanen trade really set the table for what should be an interesting offseason for Brian MacLellan and the Caps’ front office. [NBCSW]
• It’s also going to cause some problems for teams trying to sign their soon-to-be RFAs - and here are some who might be leaving their teams this summer. [SI]
• Five things to know about new Cap Radko Gudas. [NBCSW]
• Looking back at the 2015 draft, and the selection of a kid who could be the future of Caps’ netminding. [NBCSW]
• Congrats to Alex Ovechkin on earning First Team All-Star honors for the eighth time, and to John Carlson, who makes the cut for the Second Team roster.[NHL]
• The only Caps’ presence at last night’s NHL Awards was the near-annual presentation of the Richard Trophy to Ovechkin. Here’s a statistical breakdown of his 2018-19 reign:

• Not enough Caps goodness at the Awards? Reflect back on better times and some of the team’s more memorable moments at the annual Vegas ceremony. [RMNB]
• In appreciation of Alex Ovechkin. [StarsandSticks]
• It’s the ultimate free-agent throwdown: Brett Connolly vs. Brooks Orpik in an all-Cap battle! [NBCSW]
• Frequent (and awesome) anthem singer Caleb Green and his group, Voices of Service, killed it on this week’s America’s Got Talent. [WaPo]
• Finally, happy (?) 42nd birthday to Joe Corvo.