Wednesday Caps Clips: #ALLTHUMBS

Your savory breakfast links:

• Andre Burakovsky will be out for 6-8 weeks after he underwent successful surgery to repair his fractured left thumb. Get well soonest, Burra. [Caps Today, WaPo, NBCSW, AP, NoVa Caps, Caps Outsider]
• With Burakovsky on the shelf, Chandler Stephenson has been recalled to the National Hockey League. That would be hat-trick-scoring Chandler Stephenson, of course.

• Is it better to be lucky than good? Well, the Caps are lucky that Alex Ovechkin has been good, because the rest of the team has been pretty bad. [WaPo (Greenberg)]
• Related - how is the team doing, nine games in? [RMNB, NoVa Caps, Yardbarker]
• Ups and Downs for an up-and-down Week 2, you guyz. [Rink]
• Jay Beagle was plenty stoked to score a goal in his 400th NHL game against the team he loved as a kid. [CBS DC]
• Oh hai there, second-line Alex Chiasson. And other notes from a spirited pre-roadie practice. [NoVa Caps, FiCP, NBCSW]
• OMG more puppies!!!! [Sporting News, RMNB]
• Finally - via this week’s 31 Thoughts by Elliotte Friedman we learn that “[It] was reported a couple of weeks ago that Laurene Powell Jobs (widow of Steve Jobs) bought a 20–22 per cent chunk in Monumental Sports and Entertainment, owner of the Washington Capitals. Word is the NHL team was valuated at around $900 million (USD) in this sale. That organization’s come a long way.” Kudos to Ted Leonsis for the years, resources and vision he has invested in building America’s Hockey Capital. Άσπρο πάτο! [Sportsnet]