Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps of last night’s loss from us, Vogs, Monumental video (Trotz, Latta, Laich, Grubauer, Niskanen, Hartley, Flames locker room), NHL.com, AP, WaPo, CSNMA (and more), Stars and Sticks, RMNB, Calgary Herald, Calgary Sun, FlamesNation, and Matchsticks and Gasoline.
- Why the Caps could finally – FINALLY – win the Stanley Cup. [The Score]
- Everyone knows Alex Ovechkin puts a lot of pucks on net… but the single-season record in that department is probably one of the few out of his reach. [USA Today]
- News and notes from yesterday’s gameday non-skate. [Dump ‘n Chase, Monumental video (Trotz, Rinkside Update/Wilson)]
- The Caps have reassigned Chandler Stephenson and Chris Brown to Hershey. [Caps, WaPo, CSNMA]
- Taking lessons from the Rangers in last year’s playoff loss, the Caps are working on being faceoff-ready beyond just winning the draw. [CSNMA]
- As he continues to improve in his return from injury, Dmitry Orlov is helping to bolster the Caps’ blue line. [THW]
- Things haven’t necessarily gone their way in the last few games, but the underlying numbers for the Caps remain strong. [Stars and Sticks]
- A few leftovers from Thursday’s win in Philly. [Dump ‘n Chase, BSH]
- Take a look at one of many pretty good moments for Andre Burakovsky in the victory. [Rink]
- Thumbs up? Thumbs down? You make the call! [Rink]
- Rounding up the rankings of power over the past week. [Rink]
- Questions and answers about the Caps. [CSNMA]
- Peter Bondra has been added to the scouting staff for Team Europe at next fall’s World Cup of Hockey. [IIHF]
- Finally, happy 73rd birthday to Bryan “Bugsy” Watson, happy 59th to Jim Bedard, happy 39th to Brad Church, and happy 71st to Rod Seiling. [Update: Wishing the inimitable Joe Beninati the very happiest of birthdays.]