Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on yesterday’s preseason finale from Vogs, Monumental video (Trotz, Holtby, O’Brien, Laich, Niskanen), WaPo, CSNW (and again), NHL.com, AP, Canes Country]
- Goals and goals. [Caps Voice (one, two, three, four, five), Monumental video (one, two, three, four, five)]
- Hey, about that Matt Niskanen, er, interaction with Jeff Skinner‘s noggin. [NHL.com, Puck Daddy]
- Everyone wants a little interactin’ – Alex Ovechkin took exception to Eric Staal‘s board work with John Carlson. His coach approved. [CSNW]
- Evgeny Kuznetsov‘s hockey smarts and silky mitts 1, Jiri Tlusty‘s skate 0. [RMNB]
- Hope you like the look of yesterday’s roster on account that those players will most likely be the team that takes the ice on October 9. [CSNW]
- Speaking of which (or possibly whom): “@andreburakovsky all team welcome to the team!!!” [a0gr8]
- Wherever they go, whatever they do, Karl Alzner and John Carlson are gonna go through it together, ‘specially if that means never missing a hockey game. [WaPo]
- Decisions, decisions – What happens when Tom Wilson gets healthy? [WaPo]
- Predictions and prognostications:
- Crystal ballin’ Braden Holtby … [Peerless]
- … and Brooks Orpik. [Peerless]
- The Caps will finish 14th overall in the Lig… [CSNW]
- … second in the Metro… [LA Times, Courier-Post]
- … how ’bout fifth in the ‘Tro… [USA Today]
- … but wherever they finish, it will be a test of the team’s newly-forged character. [lvjournal.com]
- Hershey notes:
- The Bears took the Baby Pens to the woodshed in a 6-1 victory that garnered 220 penalty minutes between the two teams. [Patriot-News]
- The Bears welcomed back their captain, Dane Byers … [Patriot-News]
- … and informed former Caps draft pick Joel Broda that he has made the team. [Patriot-News]
- A local comedy troupe, the Capital City Showcase, holds monthly “roasts” of people/trends in the DMV. The Caps get their turn in the spotlight on Tuesday, and we’re all invited. [CCS, via the GW Hatchet]
- Y’know, it’s nice and all that Andre Burakovsky is good at the hockey and about to join the pro ranks, but it’s really a shame we will never have a picture of him wearing this –> [NatPo]
- Finally, happy 24th birthday to Marcus Johansson.