Your savory breakfast links:
- Pencil Karl Alzner, John Carlson and likely Michal Neuvirth into the Caps lineup for next year (no surprises), and don’t count out returns from Eric Belanger, Shaone Morrisonn and/or Jose Theodore (?) quite yet. [CI, CSN Washington]
- Speaking of Carlson, after 100 games, he finally gets a break. [Masisak]
- Stop me if you’ve heard this one before – the Caps need a shut-down defenseman. [ESPN]
- Pump Jeff Schultz‘s tires, get a link. Rink Rule. [The Puck Stops Here]
- Alex Ovechkin and Jeremy Roenick co-hosting a soiree in Vegas? Is Party Now. [Alex Ovetjkin]
- Bruce Boudreau took part in the Ace Bailey Golf Classic earlier this week, which is significant because
of the pink shirt he worehe missed the Bears winning the Calder Cup in order to raise some money for charity. Good on Gabby. [Monarchs] - The Caps have two of the District’s top-five team players. [SB Nation DC]
- A Brooks Laich… Nats jersey? I’m leaning “awesome.” [Capitals Outsider]
- Closing the book on 2009-10 in Hershey… [Patriot-News]
- … with an eye on 2010-11. [Patriot-News]
- Notes on Chris Bourque and Keith Aucoin. [The Hockey News]
- Alzner was on “Overtime with Bill Rohland” last night. [106.7 The Fan]
- Neuvirth gets some love from back home as he bids adieu to the A. [iDNES.cz (nice pic, btw)]
- Uncle Peerless speaks for a lot of us with regards to his feelings on Hershey’s latest championship. [Peerless]
- More coverage of Hershey’s win and subsequent celebration (the pics of Alexandre Giroux – like this one – are not to be missed). [OFB, RMNB, Ravings of a Rink Rebel, RtR, @itallfallsdwn]
- “I just felt competitive all-star cheerleading was something we needed to bring to [Chicago’s North Shore],” says a former Caps draftee. [Lake Forester]
- Finally, happy 29th birthday to Maxime Ouellet and happy 33rd birthday to Trent Whitfield.