Saturday Caps Clips: Capitals @ Islanders Game Day

Your savory breakfast links:

• Continuing our look at the top ten at each position in the Metropolitan with the always contentious ranking of the centers. [Rink]
• The Caps head to Bridgeport, CT for a "neutral" site game against the Islanders tonight. [Caps Today]
• Chris Bourque is headed back to Hershey yet again, and after his fourth trip through the Caps' organization, he knows the way pretty well. [Dump 'n Chase]
• The gang is finally back together where they belong, the lineup is starting to take shape... and it looks pretty good on paper. [WaPo, NoVa Caps]
• If the on-ice product matches the on-paper one, the Caps could be one of a handful of teams atop a suddenly crowded Eastern Conference. [AP]
• Prospect Jakub Vrana has his eye on a roster spot with the Caps this year - but to compete for it, he needed to bulk up. [WaPo]
• Ilya Samsonov talks about his success so far and about keeping an eye on the team that drafted him. [RMNB]
• Looking at some potential breakout players around the League this season. [SI.com]
• The AHL has unveiled their 2017 Hall of Fame class, and it's got a healthy Caps-Bears flavor to it. [Arena Digest]
• Celebrating Braden Holtby's Vezina, using the Force and more fun events are on this year's promotional schedule. [Caps OT, CSNMA, FiCP]
• Also on the schedule? A slew of games where the Caps get to rock their other red jerseys. [CSNMA, NoVa Caps]
• On Election Day, make sure to cast the most important vote you will ever cast: for the next Caps' bobblehead. [Caps Outsider]
• Join Barry Trotz next weekend on a friendship walk in support of Best Buddies and all the wonderful work they do. [Best Buddies]
• Finally, happy 47th birthday to Igor Ulanov and happy 40th to Jaroslav Svejkovsky.