Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on the Caps’ preseason finale from Caps video (Carbery, Carlson, Kuemper, McMichael), NHL, WaPo, Dispatch, THN, WHN, NoVa Caps, RMNB, and the Cannon.
- 31 other teams (and 31 other fanbases) would love to have a Tom Wilson – but he’s a unique, one-of-a-kind franchise player. [Monumental]
- Digging into what led to Nicolas Aubé-Kubel being cut from camp on Friday. [THN]
- NAK and the handful of other players placed on waivers to kick off the weekend all cleared and are now Hershey-bound. [WHN]
- Matthew Phillips is one of a few guys this year coming out of the AHL and making a case for a spot on their respective NHL squads. [THN]
- Another dark horse coming into this year’s camp who has also made a name for himself, Hardy Häman Aktell could be in line for the team’s vacant sixth defenseman role. [S&S]
- In his second full season with the Caps, backup goaltender Charlie Lindgren is feeling more confident and looking to just fine tune his game. [NoVa Caps]
- Previewing the 2023-24 Caps. [LWoS]
- News and notes from yesterday’s pregame skate. [Vogs, Caps video (Carbery, Johansen), NoVa Caps]
- Finally, happy 64th birthday to Jon Blum!