Friday Caps Clips

Your savory breakfast links:

• A season wrap-up for the one and only Great 8, Alex Ovechkin... [Rink, RMNB]
• ...a look at Tom Wilson’s 2021 season... [Peerless]
• ...and a 2021 report card for newcomer Zdeno Chara. [S+S]
• Bonus prospect review on Aliaksei Protas, AKA “The Viper”, to kick off the yearly prospect series from NoVa Caps. [NoVa Caps]
• Speaking of Caps’ prospects, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby is poised to break out and fully commit to hockey in North America. [NoVa Caps]
• One of the biggest questions for the Washington Capitals this offseason: the future of Evgeny Kuznetsov. [NBCSW]
• The roster for the Hershey Bears, this year’s AHL North Division Champions, is already starting to take shape, and it’s looking sweet. [NoVa Caps]
• Washington’s 2020 first-round draft pick Hendrix Lapierre is on the rise and looking like he could have been a steal at 22nd-overall. [WHN]
• Caps fans, it’s time to make your voices heard in this year’s fan survey from Tarik El-Bashir. [Athletic, direct link to survey here]
• In league-wide news, the Seattle Kraken announced yesterday that they have hired Dave Hakstol as the first coach of the franchise. [NHL]
• A cute update on Dylann Wetzel, the 6-year-old kidney transplant patient and T.J. Oshie superfan who was given a synthetic hockey rink by Make-A-Wish Mid-Atlantic and Warroad. [Caps]
• Finally, happy 47th birthday to Glen Metropolit!