Your savory breakfast links:
● Hershey’s training camp is in full swing:
○ The Caps’ coaching crew is getting their feet wet with the Bears. [Capitals Voice (Oates, Johansson)]
○ Thankfully they’ll have some help in seasoned vet and Hershey head coach Mark French. [Patriot-News (video)]
○ Checking in on a trio of netminders – Braden Holtby, Brandon Anderson and Philipp Grubauer [Patriot-News (and again), Stack the Pads (YouTube)]
○ And some pics. [Bears in Pics (Group A, Group B)]
● Put the scrapbooks and corkboards away – Monumental Sports & Entertainment is introducing their new digital ticket system. [Capitals, DSP, CSNW]
● Pessimism: We’re inching closer to the loss of the first regular season games of the 2012-13 season. [Puck Daddy]
● Optimism: But maybe don’t kiss the entire season goodbye just yet. [NHLNumbers]
● A panel of statistical analysts sat down to rank the top signings of the summer. Add a box of Bugles and some light beer and you have got yourself a par-tay. [Hockey Prospectus]
● Get ready to feign shock: the Caps are only the third-most popular team in the DC metro area, behind the NL East Champion (!) Washington Nationals and RGIII’s team the Redskins. [WTOP]
● Our very own JP sits down with CapsCast to talk about the Caps and, of course, the lockout. [CapsCast]
● In case you’ve forgotten where the boys have scattered thus far, the Post has a pretty new map to help you keep track. [WaPo]
● Brooks Laich lost his v-…er, scored his first goal for the Kloten Flyers… [Japers’ Rink]
● …while his captain lit it up in the KHL, picking up a goal and an assist in Dynamo’s 5-1 win over Neftekhimik. [Alex Ovetjkin, RMNB]
● Through its history the Capitals organization has employed its fair share of lovable role players, from Bobby Gould to Quintin Laing and everywhere in between. So who’s your fave? [RtR]
● A look back at the Caps’ 1975-76 season, in which they won a whopping 11 games and it was an improvement. Good times. [Capitals]