Your savory breakfast links:
- Looks like Marcus Johansson will be among the very first to have his arbitration this year… barring a new contract prior to July 20, that is. [NHLPA, NHL.com]
- The Caps are optimistic that prospect Zach Sanford can be a difference-maker in the NHL sooner rather than later… [WaPo, CSNMA]
- …which is why Sanford was inked to a three-year entry-level deal yesterday. [Caps, BC Interruption]
- Follow the always-entertaining Mitch Korn around as he takes his young goalie prospects under his wing at development camp. [Monumental video]
- Meanwhile Mike Vogel chats with one of the team’s newer prospects, 2016 draftee Chase Priskie. [Monumental video]
- Where do some of the Caps stars check in on a list of the top 200 fantasy hockey players? [NHL.com]
- Mike Richards is moving on after a brief stop in DC, but he had only good things to say about his time as a Washington Capital. Best of luck to you, sir. [Kenora Online]
- The ECHL is getting a divisional makeover, with a new alignment that more closely mirrors its AHL and NHL counterparts. [Caps Outsider]
- And finally, happy 11th birthday to… us! That’s right, just over a decade ago today, a bright-eyed, optimistic(ish) Caps fan began to write and just couldn’t stop. Along the way he’s gathered a group of insane but lovable contributors to pitch in, to say nothing of the best damn readers in the blogging world to make us what we’ve become: a community. Thanks for continuing to be a part of our little family!