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Your savory breakfast of champions links:
- Recapping Jakub Vrana’s season, post-season, and post-post-season. [Rink, RMNB]
- Will John Carlson repeat his contract year production now that he signed his long-term deal? [NBCSW]
- If Brooks Orpik is not re-signed, the Caps will have to choose a new alternate captain. Some candidates come to mind. [NoVa Caps]
- Cup Tracker updates:
- July 26 - Head coach Todd Reirden is bringing the Cup to the heart of basketball country - Valparaiso, Indiana. [ValpoLife]
- August 5 - Still-needs-to-sign-a-contract Tom Wilson has announced he will be bringing the Cup to Toronto. [RMNB]
- August 20 - The Cup will be in Prince George, BC with Brett Connolly. [PrinceGeorgeNow]
- August 22 - Isles bench boss Barry Trotz is returning to his roots in Dauphin, Manitoba. [qcountryFM]
- Related -
The captain of the 2018 #StanleyCup champion @Capitals @ovi8 gets his name engraved his name on the Conn Smythe Trophy@NHL @HockeyHallFame pic.twitter.com/q3TGGxSQuo
— Philip Pritchard (@keeperofthecup) July 20, 2018
- Broadcaster Craig Laughlin pays his passion for hockey forward with Network Hockey. [FiCP]
- Finally, happy 37th birthday to Timo Helbling.