Your savory breakfast links:
- Eric Fehr becomes the second Cap to go under the knife this summer after having successful elbow surgery on Wednesday. [Caps, WaPo, CSNW, RMNB, AP]
- Season in review:
- Brooks Laich. [Rink, RMNB]
- Evgeny Kuznetsov. [Stars and Sticks]
- Andre Burakovsky. [Peerless]
- Tim Gleason. [CSNW]
- The defensemen. [Pressbox DC]
- DC is cursed. Duh. [NY Times]
- Caps’ prospect and 2011 Draft Pick Travis Boyd has graduated from the University of Minnesota, and is ready to make the leap to the pros. [Dump ‘n Chase]
- Evgeny Kuznetsov returns home to Russia and talks about his first full season in the NHL. [RMNB]
- A recommendation by the NHL/NHLPA Competition Committee has the League one step closer to adding a limited coach’s challenge to scoring plays. [AP, Toronto Sun]
- With a number of teams up against the cap, could this be the summer of offer sheets? [The Score]
- A look at who might be in the running for soon-to-be UFA Mike Green. [Stars and Sticks]
- Caps’ assistant GM Ross Mahoney talks about Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel in relation to another potent 1-2 punch atop the Draft, and more about this year’s selection. [Caps]
- A look back at some of the best non-first-rounders taken by Eastern Conference teams over the years. [THW]
- Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final was hardly the first of this postseason to feature some awesome game-winning heroics. [The Score]
- The Caps are one of a few teams rumored to be in the mix for the SHL’s top scorer, Derek Ryan. [Expressen, Stars and Sticks]
- The enigmatic and mystical former Cap Alexander Semin is quite the puzzle. [THW]
- Three years ago the ‘Hawks and Jets swung a deal that sent (former Caps draft pick) Johnny Oduya to Chicago – a trade in which the Caps actually played a pretty big role. [Arctic Ice Hockey]
- Congrats to Monumental Network, which received nine regional Emmy nominations, including several for Caps Red Line. [Caps]
- Finally, happy 55th birthday to Andre Hidi, happy 50th to Alfie Turcotte, and happy 31st to Jakub Klepis.