Thursday Caps Clips: Answering the Bell Center

Your savory breakfast links:

• Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s 4-2 win from Vogs, NHL.com, WaPo, CSNMA, NoVa Caps, RMNB, and Habs World.
• Jakub Vrana impressed... [WaPo, CSNMA]

• ... no pressure man, no pressure. [CSNMA]
• Hey, and Madison Bowey looked pretty good too. [FiCP]
• Don’t sleep on Devante Smith-Pelly, who is “finally healthy” and also had the GWG last night. [WaPo]

• Brett Connolly is looking to make a big leap up the ranks. [WaPo]
• Crystal ballin’ Matt Niskanen ’s 2017-18. [Peerless]
• Jay Beagle is totes cool with the new faceoff rules. Or slightly less than cool with their implementation. [CSNMA]
• If you are looking for a Caps player to have a big breakout year, Andre Burakovsky would prob’ly be a good choice. [THN]
• Alex Ovechkin‘s six-year deal with Bauer is expiring, so if you see him sporting CCM gear, no need to panic. He’s apparently doing a bit of a test drive. [CSNMA, RMNB]
• Oh, and Ovi is still Numero Uno for Left Wings at fantasy draft time. Regardless of whose gear he’s wearing. [Sporting News]
• Must still be preseason - we’re ranking the new Adidas unis across the Lig. [Matchsticks and Gasoline]
• Finally, happy 48th birthday to Curtis Leschyshyn.