Your savory breakfast links:
- Nicklas Backstrom or Mike Green – who has the most value? [FanPost]
- With Milan Jurcina signed and sealed (delivery pending), the Caps now have ten defensemen with NHL experience under contract. “Obviously, there’s gonna be some disappointed people come training camp, and that’s a juggling act that they have to do to try to keep everybody happy,” says Brian Pothier. [Washington Times]
- “[T]hese days, no one laughs when you talk about the Washington Capitals as a contender for the NHL’s top prize.” No laughter here – just the occasional tear. [CBSSports.com]
- Mike Green is apparently the NHL’s 26th best player. [FanHouse]
- Alex Semin is somewhat naughty en EspaƱol, but it’s cool – he’s just wearing a brand created in a Spanish jail by a Colombian drug dealer who was arrested for drug pushing and arms trafficking. [Alex Ovetjkin]
- I’ve always wondered where the Caps would be had the ping pong balls not bounced their way back in 2004. Pull up a chair – Clarence, err, Peerless has something to show you… [Peerless, Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IV]
- In case you missed it, the Bears re-signed Andrew Joudrey and signed goaltender Jason Bacashihua. [John Walton Hockey]
- Quintin Laing talks about his torn spleen, being a fan favorite, and his teeth (or, more precisely, the lack thereof). [Bears.com]
- Cail MacLean, head coach of the South Carolina Stingrays (and who you can read more from here) expects “anywhere from five-to-eight players from Washington/Hershey this season.” [Post and Courier]
- Finally, how dead a hockey month is August? So dead that I checked to see how many players in NHL history had the word “August” in their common name and came up with just one – former Capital Patrik Augusta. It’s going to be a long month, friends.