Your savory breakfast links:
- The Week That Was, Volume 2. [Peerless, RMNB, ILWT (with a look at the Metro)]
- Smokin’ Al dropped in for a chat with John Walton for today’s Morning Drive. [Capitals Voice (audio)]
- Here’s a list of five teams that got at least one thing right this past offseason. Yep. [USA Today]
- Related: Rankings. [CSNW, Blackhawk Up, Metro]
- Justin Peters won his first start as a Cap and will get plenty of coaching in between starts from Mitch Korn. [WaPo]
- Jason Chimera giveth, and Jason Chimera taketh away. [WaPo]
- From the Dept. of Hockey Players are Not the Same as You and Me, we learn that when Liam O’Brien arrived for rookie camp, he had a lacerated ankle bone and had to use a wheelchair to get around the airport. [WaPo]
- Pheonix Copley recorded his first pro shutout in his second pro game by blanking the Hartford Wolfpack 1-0. [Patriot-News]
- Beach bags, bobbles and “better half” baskets are just a few of the items on the Caps’ promotional schedule. [Caps Outsider]
- Finally, happy 36th birthday to Mike Farrell.