Your savory breakfast links:
- A quartet of Caps’ prospects are taking part in this weekend’s World Junior Showcase in Plymouth, Michigan. [NoVa Caps]
- Patrik Laine has officially been cleared to return after completing the NHLPA Player Assistance program and is now on the trade block…should the Caps try to swing a deal? [THN]
- Aliaksei Protas continues to take steps on the Capitals. [WHN]
- Wrapping up a Calder Cup-winning season and looking ahead to the future for a pair of Caps’ goalie prospects. [NoVa Caps (Shepard, Stevenson)]
- Speaking of the future for Caps prospects, take a look at all of the OHL products in the Capitals system. [CHL.ca]
- The Caps and Flames spent the ’90s trading goalie Rick Tabaracci back and forth. [FlamesNation]
- Happy 55th birthday to Jason Woolley, happy 60th to Dennis Smith, and happy 78th to John Adams, er, John Adams!
- Finally, as the 2024 Olympic Games get underway in Paris…the Capitals as Olympic events.