Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on yesterday’s 8-0 scrimmage win from Caps365 video (pregame, Rinkside Update, Oates, Holtby, Crabb), Dump ‘n Chase, WaPo, WashTimes, DSP, Puckhead]
- Caps fans (and likely players, coaches and anyone else with any ties to the team) got a scare early on when Alex Ovechkin and Marcus Johansson collided, sending a bloodied captain to the locker room. But both returned and seemed none the worse for wear. [CSNW (video of the collision), Caps365 video (Ovechkin, Johansson), WaPo, WashTimes, NBC4]
- Despite the whitewashing, what a day for the Reading Royals, eh? [Capitals Voice, Caps365 video (Courville, O’Connor), SB Nation, Capitals Outsider]
- Prior to the scrimmage, Cam Schilling – excuse me, Cameron Schilling – was returned to Hershey. [Caps, WaPo, WashTimes]
- Adam Oates could be the perfect coach for Ovechkin… [WashTimes (and for related Brett Hull/Ovechkin stuff, recall our post from a couple of months back)]
- … even if Ovi might be a bit “lost” at the moment… [CSNW]
- … because switching from port side to starboard really shouldn’t be a big deal. [Backhand Shelf, who ranks Ovi in their top-two fantasy left wings (for more BS fantasy rankings, click here)]
- Release the hounds! Err, defensemen! [WaPo, with an in-depth look at the blueline at DSP]
- One does not simply replace Brooks Laich in the lineup. [WaPo]
- The Caps are taking a low-risk/medium-reward gamble on Wojtek Wolski. [CSNW]
- Ditto Eric Fehr. [NBC4 (video)]
- Speaking of Fehr… Guess who! Answer. Amazing. [@EricFehr via Caps OT]
- Radio hits from yesterday:
- GMGM on Elliot in the Morning… [EITM (audio)]
- … and later on The Sports Fix… [ESPN980 (audio)]
- … Jason Chimera on the same show… [ESPN980 (audio)]
- … Joey Crabb was on SiriusXM… [Facebook (audio)]
- … Matt Hendricks was on WTOP… [WTOP (audio)]
- … and Mike Ribeiro on LaVar and Dukes. [106.7 the Fan (audio)]
- So many questions up front, so few answers… for now… [Peerless]
- … but here are some predictions nonetheless. [Sick Unbelievable, ESPN ($; projected goal-scorers and point leaders]
- Olie Kolzig on being immortalized on a current Caps keeper’s mask. [RMNB]
- It’s never too early to start thinking about trade bait, is it? [gofivehole]
- Five Caps who need to step up in 2013. [Fanspeak]
- Previewing the East… [DGB]
- … and the Southeast. [SB Nation]
- The AHL’s Outdoor Classic Alumni Game rosters were announced yesterday, and there are some familiar names for Caps fans on the Hershey side. [Bears, with updates from current-Bears practice at the Patriot-News, where the Chocolate and White prepares for life AH (After Holtby)]
- Finally, happy 39th birthday to Todd Rohloff, happy 47th to Stephen Leach, and happy 53rd to Scot Kleinendorst.