Here comes one of the best parts of the offseason. The Caps have announced details for the 2012 Development Camp. All the on-ice stuff is open to the public, and it’s your chance to get to know some future stars before the cold hard world corrupts them. Plus, Mike Ribeiro will be there.

Here’s the schedule. The roster is past the jump. There’s even more on the Caps site.

Monday, July 9
Group A on ice at 9 a.m.;
Group B on ice at 10:45 a.m.;
Scrimmage at 3 p.m.

Tuesday, July 10
Group A on ice at 9 a.m.;
Group B on ice at 10:45 a.m.;
Scrimmage at 2:45 p.m.

Wednesday, July 11
Group A on ice at 8:50 a.m.;
Group B on ice at 10:50 a.m.

Thursday, July 12
Group B on ice at 9:15 a.m.;
Group A on ice at 10:45 a.m.;
Scrimmage at 3 p.m.

Friday, July 13
Scrimmage at 9:45 a.m.

Saturday, July 14
Scrimmage at 10 a.m.

2012 Capitals Development Camp Roster

Chandler Stephenson LW
5’11”, 190 lbs.,  4/22/94 Regina (WHL)

Riley Barber RW
5’11”, 194 lbs., 2/7/94 USNDTP (USHL)

Jaynen Rissling D
6’4”, 223 lbs., 9/21/93, Calgary (WHL)

Garrett Haar D
5’11”, 190 lbs.,  8/16/93, W. Michigan University (NCAA)

Filip Forsberg C
6’1”, 188 lbs.,  8/13/94, Leksand (SWE-2)

Steffen Soberg G
5’11”, 187 lbs., 8/6/93, Manglerud (Norway)

Tom Wilson RW
6’3”, 205 lbs., 3/29/94, Plymouth (OHL)

Cameron Schilling D
6’2”, 182 lbs., 10/7/88, Miami Univ. (NCAA)/Hershey (AHL)

Stanislav Galiev RW
6’1”, 186 lbs., 1/17/92, Saint John (QMJHL)

Patrick Koudys D
6’2”, 198 lbs., 11/15/92, RPI (NCAA)

Travis Boyd C/RW
5’10”, 185 lbs., 9/14/93, Univ. of Minnesota (NCAA)

Greg Burke LW
6’3”, 205 lbs., 5/1/90, New Hampshire (NCAA)

Patrick Wey D
6’2”, 205 lbs., 3/21/91, Boston College (NCAA)

Connor Carrick D
5’11”, 187 lbs., 4/13/94, USNDTP (USHL)

Christian Djoos D
5’11”, 158 lbs., 8/6/94, Brynas Jr. (SWE-Jr.)

Thomas Di Pauli LW
5’11”, 188 lbs., 4/29/94, USNDTP (USHL)

Caleb Herbert C
5’10″, 185 lbs., 10/12/91, Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth (NCAA)

Brandon Anderson G
5’11”, 170 lbs., 7/13/92, Brandon (WHL)

David Civitarese C/RW
6’2”, 204 lbs., 6/25/89, Colorado Col. (NCAA)/Hershey (AHL)

T.J. Syner C/LW
5’9”, 173 lbs., 10/13/88, U. of Mass. (NCAA)/Hershey (AHL)

Taylor Stefishen LW
6’0”, 185 lbs., 8/15/90, University of Calgary (CIS)

Barry Almeida LW
5’8”, 183 lbs., 11/20/88, Boston Col. (NCAA)/Hershey (AHL)

Any thoughts? Personally, I’m excited to see Wilson in action and check out how Galiev is progressing.