Your savory breakfast links:
- A bit more on Matt Bradley‘s public service from Monday night. [SB Nation DC, CI (Carrera)]
- With the team off yesterday (and today), there’s not much of an update on the Nicklas Backstrom injury other than the team officially listing him as “day-to-day.” [DCEx (McNally)]
- Has the ship been righted? [WaPo (Carrera)]
- A look at the Caps’ recent regular season success against their most bitter rival. [Peerless]
- Caps/Rangers in St. Petersburg and/or Moscow to open the 2011-12 season sounds close to being a done deal. [CI (Carrera)]
- For NHL94 fans (and who isn’t one?), this is pretty cool. [RMNB on Tumblr]
- A behind-the-scenes look at CSN’s game night routine. [Puck Buddys]
- Dmitri Orlov is signed by and skating with the Bears. [Patriot-News (Leone), SHOE, CI (Carrera)]
- In years past, the Caps have invited undrafted (and relatively unknown) free agents to their summer Development Camp to get a closer look at potential signees. One of last year’s invitees, Andy Miele, isn’t unknown any more. [YouTube]
- Finally, happy 45th birthday to John Druce.