Your savory breakfast links:
- Capitals’ GM Brian MacLellan is aiming to wrap up Alex Ovechkin’s contract negotiations by Wednesday of this week. [WHN, RMNB, S+S]
- GMBM also walked back some of the Evgeny Kuznetsov trade rumors, clarifying that the Washington Capitals never explicitly stated they were looking to trade him. [RMNB, NBCSW]
- Despite those reassurances from MacLellan, Kuznetsov’s immediate future is still an unknown. [WHN]
- The Caps’ first selection in this year’s draft was Vincent Iorio, who has the potential to be a steal at 55th overall.