Your savory breakfast links:
- Continuing our look at the best of the Metro, as we shift focus to the right wings. [Rink]
- The Caps got their drills underway – and their conditioning tests out of the way – as training camp moved to the ice sheets at Kettler:
- Sights and sounds from the first day of on-ice work. [Monumental video (MacLellan, Reirden, Beagle, Burakovsky, Alzner, Barber, Johansen, Eller, Williams, ) FiCP, NoVa Caps (and again)]
- Camp is kicking off under the watchful eye of Todd Reirden, who has everything under control until Barry Trotz returns. [CSNMA]
- Months have passed, but the bitter sting of another early playoff exit still lingers for the players. For us all, really. [WaPo]
- Recovering from offseason sports hernia surgery, Karl Alzner sat out the big skating test but is on the road to recovery. [WaPo, CSNMA]
- Lars Eller is already fitting in nicely with his new team and is looking forward to having a defined role. [CSNMA]
- With a number of veterans missing, prospects like Zach Sanford see an opportunity to impress the team in the larger spotlight. [CSNMA]
- World Cup updates:
- The tournament still has another week to go, which means a lot of NHL training camps are getting underway without their full roster. [WTOP, AP]
- The Caps’ American contingent, at least, will be back in DC next week. Not that they’ll be all that happy about it. [CSNMA, STL Today]
- Russia and Canada get the semifinal round underway tonight, with Russia in a position to upset the overwhelming favorite… but they’ll need some stellar goaltending. [WCH (and again)]
- The rivalry is a storied one in hockey history; the Canadians, however, are downplaying it. [WCH]
- Previews and five key stats for tonight’s game. [WCH (and again]
- The Caps’ representatives have generally done a pretty good job at the tournament so far. [Caps Outsider]
- Go behind the scenes with the legendary Bruce Bennett, hockey photographer extraordinaire, as he captures the World Cup. [WCH]
- 2016-17 season previews:
- Taking a look at the goaltenders… [WaPo]
- …the defenders… [WaPo]
- …and the forwards. [WaPo]
- Now that Dmitry Orlov has been re-signed, what can the Caps expect from him this season? [Stars and Sticks]
- And what can all of us expect from Alex Ovechkin? [Peerless]
- Finally, happy 28th birthday to Paul Carey and Karl Alzner.