Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s loss from Caps365 video (Boudreau, players), Vogs, WaPo (Carrera), WashTimes (Whyno), Baltimore Sun, CW (Whyno here, here, here, here and here), CI (El-Bashir), CSN Washington (Gormley), DCEx (McNally here, here and here), Patriot-News (Leone), 106.7 The Fan (audio), Frankovic, RMNB, Caps News Network, Nosebleeds and Puckhead.
- Previews and sorta-previews of tonight’s game in C’bus coming soon, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner, The Cannon, for more coverage from the other side of tonight’s match-up.
- Yesterday brought another round of cuts of guys you won’t miss… [CI (Carrera)]
- … and a scrimmage back at the ranch. [CI (El-Bashir, with other notes worth checking out), FanPost, Caps In Pictures (pics)]
- Nicklas Backstrom is eager to rejoin the League of Extraordinary Pivots. [NHL.com (Masisak)]
- Rejoice, armchair coaches! Alex Ovechkin won’t be playing the point on the power-play, it seems. [CI (Carrera)]
- Tomas Vokoun is ready for his close-up. [CI (Carrera), The Rat Trick]
- The Caps’ offense – like, all of it – is due. [TSN.ca (Cullen)]
- When you’re Jay Beagle, you’d better work hard if you want to stay in the NHL… and boy, does he. [CI (Carrera)]
- Looking forward to the season that will be for Jeff Halpern… [Peerless]
- … and Matt Hendricks. [Peerless]
- Graham Mink‘s veteran savvy will serve Hershey well… and may even rub off on some of the folks who’ll stay in D.C. [KOL]
- Why it’s important that Brooks Laich plays center. [CRtC]
- If you’re a masochist, you might enjoy these videos of the Caps endurance testing. [Alex Ovetjkin]
- Our friends in the Motor City preview the Caps. [Winging It In Motown]
- Washington Capitals, The Sneaker. [Capitals Outsider]
- Here’s another Caps Convention After Party reminder for you peerless procrastinators. [RSVP]
- Finally, happy 42nd birthday to Curtis Leschyshyn, and happy 29th birthday to the one and only Brett Leonhardt.