Your savory first-day-of-training-camp links:
- Training camp for the Washington Capitals‘ 2011-2012 season gets under way today. Group A hits the ice at 9:15, Group B at 11:15, Group C at 1:15. [Roster & Schedule, pdf]
- Storylines. [TSN]
- A world of possibilities. [WaPo (Carrera)]
- It’s time. [WaPo (Wise)]
- Five questions. [WashTimes (Whyno)]
- And five more. Interestingly, only one repeat. [CSN Washington (Gormley)]
- So, did the Caps win the offseason lottery… [Montreal Gazette (Fisher)]
- …or did their offseason changes not go deep enough? [CBS Washington (Elfin)]
- Player profiles:
- Mike Green. [RtR]
- Dany Sabourin. [Patriot-News (Leone)]
- Jeff Schultz. [RantSports]
- Mathieu Perreault and the maybe probably concussion. [CI (Carrera)]
- A new(ish) third sweater for the Caps? A new(ish) third sweater for the Caps. But only when they are on the road. [CapsNewsNetwork, Icethetics]
- Alex Ovechkin took Baltimore by storm as he took the mound at Camden Yards to promote the Baltimore Hockey Classic. A storm of controversy, in fact, as he modeled his own roster number on another team’s jersey. Shocking! [@WashCaps (video), MLB, Baltimore Sun (Vensel), Alex Ovetjkin, RMNB, Puck Daddy, CSN Washington (video)]
- By the way, AO apparently shoots right, throws left, signs right, and kicks left. [MASN (video)]
- And he and the team are doing a good job of marketing the game. It’s nearly sold out. [Baltimore Business Journal]
- Speaking of marketing, here’s a don’t-miss Ovi video from this summer in Russia. It’s a behind-the-scenes look at some Nike promos filmed for GQ.ru. [Alex Ovetjkin]
- And finally, happy 26th birthday to the finest hockey player on the planet.
