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Monday Caps Clips: Capitals @ Blue Jackets Preseason Game Day

The Caps make more roster cuts before their fifth preseason game tonight, Sandin set to make his September debut, dark horse roster candidates and more in today’s clips.

Photo courtesy of the Washington Capitals

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  • Previewing tonight’s preseason tilt between the Washington Capitals and Columbus Blue Jackets with Vogs, expected lines, THN, NoVa Caps, RMNB, and S+S
  • The Capitals further reduced their training camp roster yesterday, cutting it down to 31 players. [Caps, THN, NoVa Caps, RMNB, S+S]
  • With the roster cut down to just one group, Coach Carbery put together lines and pairings yesterday that he said were “pretty close” to plans for opening night. [RMNB]
  • This weekend’s roster cuts involved putting five players on waivers, all of which cleared. [NoVa Caps, RMNB]
  • Coach Carbery is hoping Sonny Milano can make a bit more noise in the lineup soon. [THN, RMNB]
  • Prospect Henrik Rybinski has quietly had an excellent training camp in the fight for roster spots. [THN]
  • Another dark horse roster candidate: defenseman Dylan McIlrath. [RMNB]
  • The Hershey Bears hit the ice for their training camp today, and they announced their initial roster yesterday. [Bears, RMNB]
  • Finally, Rasmus Sandin is set to make his preseason debut tonight after getting a delayed start at training camp due to visa issues:

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