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Your savory breakfast of champions links:
- Oh hai there Game Day thread! The Caps drop the puck in Boston today at 1:00 pm for the first tilt of the 2018-19 preseason. [NoVa Caps, RMNB]
Here’s the #Caps roster for Sunday’s preseason opener.. Couple of good, young defenseman getting a look..
— Rob Carlin (@RobCarlinNBCS) September 16, 2018
Remember, @JoeBpXp and @Laughlin18 have the call on @NBCSWashington at 1pm.. Hockey is back! #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/RlDSoyK8cm
- The away squad got their reps in at Day Two of training camp, where the promising youngsters are impressing. [Rink, NoVa Caps]
- Pictures from Day One. [Caps Outsider]
- The Captain has a message for the hockey media - y’all gotta go find some new questions to ask me. I’ve answered all the ones you used to ask. Neener neener. [NBCSW]
- Evgeny Kuznestov , special teams coach - He can’t wait to get in there on the PK and start blocking shots... [WaPo]
- And Evgeny Kuznetsov, assistant general manager - When he learned that Sergei Shumakov, his teammate from age 5 to 17, was looking to make a jump to North America, he got on the phone to Russia. [@ikhurshudyan]
- What every contending team can learn from the Caps. [Puck Prose]
- Alex Ovechkin helped cut the ribbon to dedicate the new St. James athletic multiplex. And then he hockeyed with some little munchkins.
Oh, you know...our U10 hockey team is just picking up some tricks of the trade from #StanleyCup champion @Ovi8. #NothingLess pic.twitter.com/rFOY6vItiE
— The St. James (@TheStJames_) September 15, 2018
- Braden Holtby, Brett Connolly, Nathan Walker and Chandler Stephenson represented at the Human Rights Campaign’s gala. [RMNB]
- Finally, happy 29th birthday to the Caps’ most important player, Braden Holtby.