

Cam Schilling, far left, cleared waivers and will report to Hershey. (Photo by Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post)

Capitals defensemen Cam Schilling and Tomas Kundratek cleared the NHL’s 24-hour waiver window Monday afternoon, allowing them to report to Hershey Bears training camp.

Schilling, who played in one NHL game each of the past two seasons, and Kundratek, who logged 25 games with the Capitals in 2012-13, were long shots to make the NHL roster, with six players still jockeying for three available spots on the blue line. In Hershey, they join defensemen Jon Landry and Mike Moore and forward Tim Kennedy as players who have cleared waivers in order to report to the American Hockey League.

“Yeah, there’s a lot of tough decisions,” Coach Barry Trotz said. “We actually made a couple of decisions ahead of time, just because it was cluttered up. I really had to be honest with the guys. Like one person I sent down really early was Moore. I know him from Nashville. We had him, I know the quality of person, I know his game, all that. I had him in another game I had to take him out of that game and give it to someone else. He could be the first call-up.”

As part of a concentrated effort to revamp Washington’s relationship with its AHL affiliate, Trotz gave Bears Coach Troy Mann final say on call-ups, while still working with General Manager Brian MacLellan on the decisions.

“Really he’s going to give us the evaluation on who’s the best defenseman, who’s the most trustworthy, and who deserves it,” Trotz said. “The first guy you send down might be the first guy coming up. Real simple. It’s all about attitude and all that. We’re going to get through these next two games, and I’m going to make another few cuts here. Then from there we’ll get closer to our team.”

Off Monday, the Capitals did not waive anyone else, but are expected to do so later in the week. Per Capgeek, the following on-the-bubble Capitals would have to clear waivers to get sent down: Michael Latta, Chris Conner, Casey Wellman, Garrett Mitchell, Kris Newbury and Steven Oleksy.

Meantime, Hershey’s current training camp roster is below. The Bears open their exhibition schedule Wednesday at Lehigh Valley, then have a home-and-home with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton starting Saturday.

Goaltenders: Brandon Anderson, Pheonix Copley, Matt Tendler

Defensemen: Erik Burdgoerfer, Michal Cajkovsky, Wade Epp, Garrett Haar, Kundratek, Landry, Moore, Marcus

Perrier, Schilling.

Forwards: Joel Broda, Philippe Cornet, Joe Diamond, Jack Downing, Stanislav Galiev, Dustin Gazley,

Caleb Herbert, Brock Higgs, Kennedy, Braden Pimm, Tim Spencer, Chandler Stephenson.

Currently in Washington: Chris Brown, Andre Burakovsky, Dane Byers, Connor Carrick, Conner, Philipp

Grubauer, Mitchell, Newbury, Oleksy, Pasquale, Nate Schmidt, Nathan Walker, Wellman, Patrick Wey.