Your savory breakfast links:
- New Caps’ assistant coach Bob Woods was once a teammate of Glen Metropolit‘s (we think). In Anaheim. Of Roller Hockey International. Puck Daddy has much more on Woods’ inline past. [Puck Daddy]
- The prospects… they’re growing! [Dump n’ Chase]
- The winners from Development Camp. [Capitals Kremlin]
- The Caps are on the rise. [NHL.com]
- Bruce Boudreau was on The Fan 590 in Toronto yesterday with three hours to kill. Something tells me that wasn’t difficult for him. [Welcome to the Show]
- Sticking with radio, LaVar Arrington‘s new gig began yesterday on WJFK and he’s off to a heck of a start, with gems like “Ovie is really running the city….He is the man, bro.” [@dcsportsbog, who also notes that the newest Redskin (at least, as of yesterday afternoon) also sends some love AO’s way)]
- Garrett Mitchell was the youngest player at Development Camp last week and a Second Team All-Masisak selection. A profile and interview at PT is icing on the cake. [Puckhead’s Thoughts]
- Sergei Fedorov is re-introduced to Russia. [KHL via @emcerlain]
- Vanity license plate du jour. [MYFO via PPP]
- We know Detroit GM Ken Holland can’t draft. It turns out he can’t trade, either. The Wings must be having a terrible decade, eh? [mlive]
- Dean Arsene‘s day with the (Calder) Cup. [Abbortsford News]
- In case you missed it, Daren Machesney has caught on with Vancouver’s AHL affiliate, following the Hershey-to-Manitoba trail that former Caps prospect Maxime Ouellet blazed not too long ago. [Manitoba Moose]
- Despite this great news, we’ll all still take you up on any and all offers to buy us a beer. [TechJournal South]
- Happy 2nd Birthday to Tic Tac Toe Hockey, who used the word “perspicacious” in a post. Yes, I had to look it up. [TTT Hockey]
- Finally, Happy 28th Birthday to Timo Helbling, who will one day be able to tell his grandkids, “I (along with Dainius Zubrus) was once traded for Jiri Novotny.”