Your savory breakfast links:
- News and notes from Kettler as training camp gets underway:
- The Caps will hit the ice at 9:30 a.m. with Group White, followed by Group Red at 11:00 a.m. and Group Blue at 12:30 p.m.
- Get the lowdown on some of the roster battles that lie ahead in the next two and a half weeks. [Rink, WaPo, CSNMA]
- Capturing the sights and sounds of Day 1. [Caps OT (Trotz, Trotz video, Ovechkin and Beagle skating, the captain leads the stretch, Backstrom, Ovechkin, Holtby), Patriot-News, WJLA]
- Players and brass talk about the first day back. [Monumental video (MacLellan, Trotz, Orpik, Backstrom, Holtby, Williams, Ovechkin, Oshie, Carlson)]
- The first day of camp was an intense one that included Barry Trotz‘s now-infamous skating test. [NBC4, Patriot-News]
- Strength, discipline and structure: that’s the foundation of Trotz’s teaching. [Dump ‘n Chase]
- At the ripe old age of 30, Alex Ovechkin is still going strong – and still has his eyes on hockey’s ultimate prize. [NHL.com, WaPo, CSNMA, AP]
- Still no timetable for Nicklas Backstrom’s return other than it will be sometime between now and the end of October. Hopefully. [WaPo, WashTimes, CSNMA, DSP, The Score]
- Backstrom has the key to what makes Ovechkin so tough to stop. [FOX Sports, RMNB]
- Brooks Orpik is probably a little closer, and is hoping he’ll be healed from his wrist surgery in time to take part in at least some exhibition games. [WaPo, CSNMA]
- Recovered from the knee injury that cut his first pro season short, Nathan Walker gets back to the task at hand: making the NHL. [Patriot-News]
- John Carlson is ready to step in and do his part to make up for the loss of Mike Green. [CSNMA]
- Entering his third NHL season, Tom Wilson is poised to play a bigger role. [CSNMA]
- Previewing the “battle” in net at this year’s camp. [WaPo]
- New players in place, a year of Trotz’s systems under their belts, the Caps are ready to take the next step. [WTOP]
- Ovechkin talks about the sheep he got for his birthday, everyone mishears it as ship, chaos ensues. See, kids… this is what happens when you don’t read your daily Clips. [Sporting News, Puck Daddy, Caps Outsider, Deadspin, RMNB, CSNMA, SBN]
- Hockey has a problem with women’s issues – but it also has a problem with some of the people whose job it is to cover them. [PPP]
- Fantasy hockey rankings by position, with a couple of Caps in prominent spots. [TSN]
- Projecting the fate of the 2015-16 Caps… [RMNB]
- …and the 2015-16 second pairing. [Stars and Sticks]
- Breaking down the awesomeness that is the Hershey Bears’ logo. [THN]
- Down in South Carolina, the Stingrays have signed former Islanders tough guy Trevor Gillies, for… reasons. [Caps Outsider]
- Some takeaways from the rookie tournament in Estero, Florida. [Stars and Sticks]
- “Ovechkin & Ibrahimovic avalanche of goals towards dreams almost impossible”. Um… sure. [Play.it USA]
- Finally, happy 54th birthday to Don Beaupre.