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Friday Caps Clips

Daily Washington Capitals news and notes: Ovechkin meets the media, the JRR crew talks Ovi and free agency and more in today’s Caps Clips.

By Becca H
New York Rangers v Washington Capitals Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images

Your savory breakfast links:

  • Talking Alex Ovechkin’s new deal, the Caps free agency plans and more with Post beat writer Samantha Pell on the latest JRR. [Rink]
  • Ovechkin met with media yesterday to talk about his new deal. Top of mind? Chasing Gretzky and ending his career when he wanted it to end. [Caps video, NHL, WaPo, NBCSW (and again), WashTimes, The Score]
  • The Caps were pretty quiet on the first day of free agency, with their biggest concern taken care of and not a lot of cap space remaining. [NBCSW]
  • Here’s a look at how that salary cap situation shakes out as they prepare to re-sign Ilya Samsonov. [RMNB]
  • In case you missed it last night, please take a moment to laugh and point at the dumbest team in the NHL:
  • Finally... we’ll miss you, Max Scherzer. Thank you for being you. District of Champions forever.