Sourdif's three lead the way over the Ducks, there's (relatively) good injury news on Wilson and more in today's Caps Clips. Your savory breakfast links: Here are three Caps who need to step up in 2026 (spoiler alert - two of those three had big nights last night). [THW] The Caps got some relatively good news on Tom Wilson, who is now listed merely day-to-day with a lower-body injury and joins Aliaksei Protas in the "hopefully back soon" camp. [SI]
What Mac does for us, and what he does as a player, and what he's done through his career goes so much further than the physical part of the game. There's so many things that he brings to our group. And I'm not even talking about on the ice. I'm talking about in the locker room, his energy, his buy-in, how much he cares, how hard he competes. So that's evaluated every day.
"Well, I'll tell you something I did learn in my previous organization," Carbery said, smiling. "You do not leave the day before, even if the players want to. When they say travel day of, they mean travel day of."
Speaking for everyone on the site, we remain incredibly grateful to be in this spot - like, just existing - to cover our favorite hockey team in a high-level way. We put our hearts and souls into this. We dedicate every ounce of energy we have (I sincerely work 12-16 hours a day, almost every day) so that what we do, which, I think, is exceptional and honest work, is expected... normal... nothing out of the ordinary.
The Caps have not looked like themselves since gleefully taking two days off last week, and returning home after a two-game road trip, they needed a big effort to get back on track. They sure got it, getting on the board first and never really looking back.
