Your savory breakfast links:
- Oh hai there Monday morning contract drama:
- Marcus Johansson ‘s agent revealed that his client elected to file for arbitration on Friday, a couple days ahead of the players’ deadline for doing so… [WaPo]
- … and Braden Holtby elected to file right at the deadline… [WaPo, NHL.com]
- … thereby joining 21 other players around the NHL. [NHLPA, CSNW]
- In the meantime, negotiations with Evgeny Kuznetsov continue. [WaPo]
- Related reading: The death of the bridge contract. [Globe & Mail]
- Here come the kids – Caps Development Camp kicks off tomorrow at 9:00am when Team White takes the ice.
- Dev Camp Guide [Caps Today, Media Guide (pdf)]
- The camp roster has quite a few potential Hershey Bears on it. [Patriot-News]
- Get to know:
- Connor Hobbs [NoVa Caps Fans]
- Christian Djoos [NoVa Caps Fans]
- Lucas Carlsson [NoVa Caps Fans]
- Neal Pionk was named USHL Defenseman of the Year and Minny-Duluth is pretty excited to get him this year. [Bulldog Hockey]
- Kasimir Kaskisuo was the key to Minny-Duluth’s turnaround this season and the team’s MVP… [Duluth News Tribune]
- … and don’t miss his full-splits, no-look-behind-the-back glove save, ranked as the Numero Uno play of the entire NCAA D-I 2014-15 season. Yowza. [NCAA (video)]
- The Week That Was, Volume Offseason. The future is now. [Peerless, THW]
- Well looky here – the offseason power rankings have the Caps at second in the Eastern Conference and seventh overall in the Lig… [ESPN]
- … and as the NYR survey the Metropolitan landscape, they may be finding that their competitors have improved a bit too much. [NYDN]
- Fantasy owners, armor up. [USA Today]
- If you were (sensibly) away from the interwebs this weekend, you’ll be pleased to learn that the Caps inked journeyman vet goalie Dan Ellis to a one-year, two-way contract. [Patriot-News]
- This T.J. Oshie fellow seems to be a likeable sort, yes? [WaPo, Puck Daddy, Stars and Sticks]
- … he certainly seems to be a likeable sort on the ice. [THW]
- Aw, Steve Oleksy, we’ll miss you… [Patriot-News]
- … while Coach Mann is mulling over his options for Bears captain. Could be Mike Moore, could be Garrett Mitchell. [Patriot-News]
- Tom Wilson made perhaps a wiser choice for Canada Day this year. [RMNB]
- Finally, Alex Ovechkin participated in a little cross-training this weekend, kitting up in goal for Team Russia in a friendly metric football match between government officials of Russia and Azerbaijan. Sbornaya took it 6-2. [R-Sport]
- One more:
Good luck to @TrevorCox36 today as he heads down to Washington DC to shoot some hoops with Obama and play a little hockey too #Caps
— Matthew Cox (@TheMatthewCox) July 5, 2015