Your savory breakfast links:
- With the first full week of the season in the books and the team enjoying an off-day Sunday, it was time for the pundits to ponder The Season So Far. [Peerless (and again, with visual aids), CSNW (Gormley), KOL, Caps Outsider, Chirps, and look for our Ups and Downs later this morning]
- This unbeaten team knows there’s still work to be done… [WashTimes (Whyno)]
- … as Nicklas Backstrom is certainly aware… [CW (Whyno)]
- … and Tomas Vokoun might certainly agree. (Related: Vokoun is easily DC’s Most Accessible Athlete this week. Maybe even this month.) [DCEx (McNally), CI (Carrera), CSNW (Gormley)]
- Marcus Johansson has gone full-on Beast Mode. Maybe Michael Morse should lend him an a-ha CD. [CW (Whyno)]
- The Hershey Bears ushered in the tenth season at the Giant Center with unforgettable specialty sweaters … [SHoE (pics)]
- … and this equally unforgettable home-opener video. [YouTube]
- Caps goaltending prospect Brandon Anderson is switching junior teams. He was traded from the Lethbridge Hurricanes to the Brandon Wheat Kings. [Brandon Wheat Kings]
- Finally, happy 27th birthday to Sami Lepisto.