Your savory breakfast links:
● Recaps and other assorted musings on yesterday’s overtime loss from us, Caps365 video (Hunter, Caps players, Julien, B’s players), Vogs, Capitals Voice, NHL.com, WashTimes (gamer, blog, blog, photos), WaPo (gamer, blog, shot chart), DCEx, CSNW (gamer, blog, blog), 106.7 The Fan, SB Nation DC, Puck Daddy, PHT, SI, Backhand Shelf, Frankovic, Peerless, RMNB (gamer, blog), DSP, KOL, RtR, Caps Outsider, Puckhead, DC Pro Sports Report, Caps Examiner, Caps B-Ball, Hockey Hourly, Caps by Puck (pics) and clydeorama (pics).
○ History in the making. [Half Smokes]
○ Wizards, Nats and Redskins were in the hizzay. [DC Sports Bog]
○ Not the face! [SB Nation]
○ This just in: Dennis Wideman is having a lowlight-reel Series. [Eye on Hockey]
● On once and future Games Seven:
○ A fitting end. [WaPo]
○ “The fourth one’s the hardest to win.” [WashTimes]
○ History lessons. [WaPo]
○ More history lessons. [DCEx]
○ Keys to an epic Game 7. [OFB]
○ Se7en. [Caps B-Ball]
○ Waiting to exhale. [WashTimes]
○ Coach Julien likes his chances. [PHT]
○ Inevitable? [PHT]
○ Changing gears. [CSNW]
○ Alan May and Craig Laughlin bring the Game Seven smakedown. [CSNW (video)]
● The South Carolina Stingrays’ year in review – what might have been. [Rays the Roof]
● A little prospect news:
○ Stanislav Galiev and the Saint John Sea Beasts are halfway to the QMJHL Championship Final, having won their tenth playoff game in a row and improving to 2-0 versus the Chicoutimi Saguenéens. Stas has tallied 3 goals and one assist in the semifinal series, and is 10-13-23, plus-20 overall. [QMJHL.ca, Station Nation, Game 2 Video]
○ Enigmatic Norwegian goalie prospect Steffen Søberg appears to be opting to stay close to home for the forseeable future, reportedly signing a four-year contract with Vålerenga. [VG Nett, VIF-Hockey (s/t to sk8)]
● Finally, happy 54th birthday to Ryan Walter.
