Your savory breakfast links:
- Mitch Korn, formerly of the Nashville Predators, is headed to DC to join his old boss as the Caps’ new goaltending coach… [WaPo, CSNW, NBC4, DSP, RMNB]
- …which means Olie Kolzig is out, but not out of a job. [@CSNCapitals]
- The Caps’ gain is the Predators’ loss, as Nashville’s goalies have long benefited from Korn’s expertise. [Tennessean]
- The broken wrist he sustained at the World Championships last month is expected to keep Dmitry Orlov out until late September. [WaPo, RMNB]
- The last time the Caps would ever face Ryan Miller in a Buffalo jersey did not end so well for the good guys. [Peerless]
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Top-line centerJay Beagle has his end-of-season chat with Mike Vogel. [Rinkside Update] - Wonder how many times people will say the Caps aren’t buying out Brooks Laich before we all believe the Caps aren’t buying out Brooks Laich. [WaPo]
- So if they’re not buying him out, what should the Caps do with him? [WaPo]
- And speaking of potential buyout candidates, there’s a chance Mike Richards becomes available this summer…so should the Caps go after him? [CSNW]
- Checking out the prospects who could go 1-10 in the upcoming draft. [AIH]
- Hershey center (and brief Cap) Peter LeBlanc is headed to Sweden… [WaPo]
- …and former Caps’ defenseman Alexander Urbom is on his way to the KHL. [Fire & Ice]
- Meanwhile, former Hershey Bears’ head coach Mark French is on his way back from the KHL, as he takes over behind the bench for the WHL’s Calgary Hitmen. [Hitmen Hockey, Patriot-News, SHOE]
- And former Caps’ head coach Dale Hunter gets overlooked for Canada’s World Junior team… again. [Metro]
- Steve Oleksy talks about his work with the Eastside Elite Hockey League, the summer league he founded. [MiHockey]
- Finally, Washington Capitals artwork made from Washington State license plates? Sure, why not? [WaPo]