Your savory breakfast links:
- Our top 25 under 25 finishes up with a look at the best of the best. [Rink]
- Updates from Kettler:
- Guess who’s back?? [Pressbox DC, CSNMA]
- Joining Alex Ovechkin and the rest of the crew was Derek Roy, making his debut at Kettler after signing a PTO contract with plans to “act like a rookie”. [WaPo, CSNMA]
- Brooks Orpik talked about his recovery from offseason surgery, and is hoping to get into at least one preseason game. [NHL.com, WaPo, CSNMA]
- Tom Wilson got chatty, first about tigers and stuff and then about the local football team (among other topics). [RMNB, CSNMA]
- Also feeling chatty, GM Brian MacLellan discussed Roy’s invite and the outlook for the upcoming season. [Monumental video]
- The Caps’ rookies wrapped up the Estero Prospect Tournament in Florida with their lone regulation loss, falling to the baby Preds 4-2. [Dump ‘n Chase, StarsandSticks]
- Among those impressing the Caps’ brass was 2014 draftee Jakub Vrana. [CSNMA]
- Tournament complete, it’s now time for Hershey coach Troy Mann to turn his attention to Caps’ camp, which gets underway this weekend. [Patriot-News]
- Season previews:
- Previewing the 2015-16 Caps through the eyes of a Detroit Red Wings blogger. [Octopus Thrower]
- A look at what this season might have in store for Michael Latta. [Peerless]
- Find out what 35 NHL players said about having an openly gay teammate, handicapping the Art Ross race and more in this year’s player survey. [USA Today]
- The ISS has their annual rankings of the top 30 NCAA freshmen ready to go, and Caps’ prospect Shane Gersich makes the cut. [College Hockey Inc]
- If the NHL goes forward with expansion plans in Quebec and/or Las Vegas, what might the expansion draft look like? [SI.com]
- Starting next year, adidas will replace Reebok as the official uniform supplier of the NHL – but what does that mean? [NHL.com, TSN, CBS Sports, Sportsnet, Fortune]
- Three reasons why the Caps could be hoisting the Stanley Cup next June. [THW]
- Unsurprisingly, Alex Ovechkin’s rookie campaign was one of the best ever. Hard to believe it was 11 years ago… [THW]
- No, Wilson and Latta didn’t adopt a puppy (hopefully, because dogs shouldn’t eat ketchup) – but they did recently help some four-legged friends find forever homes. [Wolf Trap Animal Rescue (FB)]
- New boards, new glass, lines painted… it’s beginning to look a lot like hockey! [@CapsSTH (and again)]
- Happy 26th birthday to Braden Holtby.
- Finally, it’s with great sadness that we bid adieu to Alex Prewitt – and to Prew or False – as he heads to bigger and better things at Sports Illustrated (although he’s stuck with us until October 1)…
- …and welcome Isabelle Khurshudyan to the WaPo beat!
Welp, since the news is out there, here goes: After three incredible years at the Post, I’m off to cover the NHL for Sports Illustrated.
— Alex Prewitt (@alex_prewitt) September 15, 2015
Some exciting life news: I’m the new Washington Capitals beat reporter for @PostSports. I couldn’t be happier.
— Isabelle Khurshudyan (@ikhurshudyan) September 15, 2015