Your savory breakfast links:
- Talking possible options for the Caps’ top-line needs, free agency, and more in the summer’s first mailbag. Remember, you ask, we answer – so keep those questions coming! [Rink]
- One of the options floating out there to fill the a top-six winger role might just be Patrick Sharp… [The Score, CSNW, Stars and Sticks]
- …or possibly, maybe, perhaps, someone much more familiar to Caps fans. [CSNW]
- Whatever the Caps end up doing, don’t expect it to happen on July 1, as the team is anticipating a quiet opening to free agency… or so they say. [WaPo]
- A great look at how DC is becoming something of a mecca for gay hockey fans. [The Classical]
- Season in review for Joel Ward… [CSNW]
- …Tom Wilson… [Stars and Sticks]
- …and the future. [Peerless]
- With one week to go, get all of your Draft primer needs right here:
- Your official 2015 NHL Draft guide from the official team of the nation’s capital. Very official. [Caps]
- For the first time ever, the Caps will have the 22nd-overall pick in this year’s Draft. [Dump ‘n Chase]
- As much as GMs get praised – or bashed – for their picks in the NHL Draft, getting it right often comes down to luck over skill. [ESPN ($)]
- Casting votes for the 2015 All-Playoff team. [ESPN ($)]
- More on the Caps’ most recent contract extensions to Nate Schmidt and Philipp Grubauer. [PressboxDC, SC Times]
- Investigating how the paths of the Capitals and the storied Lady Byng Memorial Trophy have intertwined over the years. [Stars and Sticks]
- Finally, happy 68th birthday to Walt McKechnie.