While the Capitals‘ prospects were skating in a rookie tournament game against Tampa Bay on Monday, the veterans were hitting the ice in preparations for training camp, which begins on Thursday. 

Forward T.J. Oshie returned to MedStar today.

Osh Babe is back with the boys 👋 pic.twitter.com/xFhU30wTsH

— NBC Sports Capitals (@NBCSCapitals) September 10, 2018

The Capitals also announced a few time changes in their regular season.

Time changes! pic.twitter.com/WeBVQ1a0BA

— Isabelle Khurshudyan (@ikhurshudyan) September 10, 2018

Players who have already begun reporting to Medstar Capitals Iceplex for informal skates include: Alex Ovechkin, Matt Niskanen, John Carlson, Nicklas Backstrom, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Tom Wilson, Lars Eller, Brett Connolly, Braden Holtby, Pheonix Copley, Ilya Samsonov, Vitek Vanecek, Brooks Orpik, Christian Djoos, Jakub Vrana, Axel Jonsson-Fjallby, Nic Dowd (#26), Shane Gersich, Jonas Siegenthaler, Nathan Walker, Connor Hobbs, Mason Mitchell, Garrett Pilon, Brian Pinho and Tobias Geisser, in addition to a number of other prospects preparing for this weekend’s tournament.

The Capitals’ prospects will play their final game of the prospect showcase in Estero, Florida tomorrow at 11:30 AM against the Nashville Predators. You can listen to the game on Caps Radio 24/7, which can be found on the Capitals’ page of the NHL app.

Only three more days until the quest for a repeat begins Caps fans!

By Harrison Brown