Your savory breakfast links:
- With a three-game, three-win week behind them, the Capitals had Sunday off as they prepare for the next challenge – a two game Western Conference roadie, leaving plenty of time for the pundits to work on their ‘nalysis:
- Early success is great, but the team (and owner) knows there’s still work to be done. [NHL.com (Compton), WashTimes (Whyno), PHT]
- But hey, that win against the Wings was pretty sweet. [WashTimes (Whyno, and again), Kukla’s Korner, DCEx (McNally)]
- The week that was. [Peerless]
- The Goals Project, Week Two. [Peerless]
- Goodbye country club, hello lunch pail. [OFB]
- Three weeks in, grading GM George McPhee‘s offseason. [RtR]
- Seven games, eight thoughts. [Inside Hockey (Eisenberg)]
- When you’re hot, you’re hot. And the Boudreau-era Caps get hot. A lot. [Dump ‘n Chase]
- A six-pack of Week 2 goodness. [KOL]
- Hooray for:
- The Hershey Bears scored seven goals in their seventh game as well. Mattias Sjogren scored his first pro North American goal. [SHoE, Patriot-News (Leone), YouTube highlights, RinkRebel (pics)]
- A rookie card like no other. [Ross Hollebon’s Sports Pub]
- Finally, Caps’ prospect defenseman Patrick Wey suffered a lacerated tendon in his foot and will be sidelined for 6-8 weeks. Get well soon, PDub. [CW (Whyno)]