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Your savory breakfast links:
- Number 65 is ready for top-6 responsibility. Or at least he better be. [THW]
- Speaking of six, your top all-time starting six Caps (three forwards, two defensemen and one tendy) have a modern feel. [Last Word on Hockey]
- Continuing the countdown of the 25 most important players for the 2017-18 Caps, Pheonix Copley checks in at #22. [CSNMA]
- The Oilers just signed Leon Draisatl for all of the moneys and all of the years. How does his contract compare to the one just signed by Evgeny Kuznetsov? [NoVa Caps]
- Nicklas Backstrom and Marcus Johansson, suiting up for the same team one last time. [NoVa Caps]
- Oh hai there Travis Boyd:
Travis Boyd with the game-winner!!! 7-6 @VelocityTC wins!! @Capitals pic.twitter.com/9aUkZJe9bn
— DaBeautyLeague (@DaBeautyLeague) August 17, 2017
- Boyd, Taylor Chorney, and Aaron Ness have all made the Da Beauty League playoffs, which begin Monday. Prospect Shane Gersich had a good tournament but now has more time to prepare for his junior season at North Dakota. [@DaBeautyLeague]
@DaBeautyLeague wow what a night! We can't thank you and the players enough! #dabeautyleague pic.twitter.com/sRCYjitT7B
— Angie Mae Weber (@ScandinavianBlu) August 17, 2017
- The League and NHLPA are just now getting around to doling out the madd ca$h from the 2016 World Cup of Hockey tournament. Did we say madd ca$h? More like sadd ca¢h. [RMNB]
- August 18, 2005 - a day that will live in Matt Bradley infamy. [Peerless]
- Finally, happy 55th birthday to Geoff Courtnall, and happy 66th to Bruce Cowick.