Your savory breakfast links:

• The journey of a thousand miles started with a few strides yesterday:
  • For gambling informational purposes, here are the three teams that will compete for the Duchesne Cup, as of now. Team A opens at 2-1. [Capitals]
    
  • Tarik on Michael Nylander, Tomas Fleischmann and other notes. [Capitals Insider]
    
  • With Flash out, Bruce Boudreau put two Alexes together on his second line. [@TarikElBashir]
    
  • Boudreau spoke with the media on Fleischmann and other topics, including the captaincy. [Caps365 (video)]
  • The AP story on Flash. [NHL.com]
  • Stefan Della Rovere gave it a go, but didn't last long. [@cmasisak22]
  • Vogs on the new guys. [Dump and Chase]
  • Dmitri on Alexander Semin. [Examiner]
  • With "eleven NHL defensemen" in camp, something's gotta give. [Caps365 (video)]
    
  • Recap of the day's events. [Peerless (with pictures), VFtCS]
    
  • Pictures! [TTT Hockey (whose day was not without frustration), Caps in Pictures (Groups A, B and C), dagmar27 (from Raw Charge)]
    
• Alex Ovechkin is the NHL's best player, and three of his teammates make the top fifty. [FanPost]
• Camp invitee Brandon "Sugar" Sugden has his own website, on which he lets us know that he is "Among the most feared enforcers in all of hockey!" If you hurry, Brandon, SugarLife25.com is still available. [BrandonSugden.com]
• Peerless starts in on projecting the forwards with a from-your-keybooard-to-gods-monitor look at Nicklas Backstrom. [Peereless]
• Another great Caps plate. [Simply Sensational]
• On this three years ago, the Caps signed John Erskine.
• Finally, happy 59th birthday to Orest Kindrachuk - we'll never forget those four games you gave the Caps.