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Your savory breakfast links:
- Highlights and takeaways from yesterday’s intrasquad scrimmage. [Caps video (highlights, Reirden, Sprong, Holtby), NBCSW, NoVa Caps]
- Holtby was sharp yesterday, carrying a shutout into the final minute of scrimmage - and is hopeful he can rebound from a subpar season. [NHL]
- Previewing the battle to come in the Eastern Conference. [NHL video]
- LED screens, on-ice microphones, new camera angles... these won’t be your dad’s playoff broadcasts. [NHL]
- The return of hockey has fans and players alike torn between needing an escape and having concerns about health and safety. [WaPo]
- So far, so good, but NHL’s top brass knows it’s too early to celebrate the return to hockey during an ongoing pandemic. [AP]
- The Caps will need players to step up their game when the playoffs get underway. [THW, StarsandSticks]
- Now that Seattle’s team has a name on the front of the jersey, it’s time to contemplate what names could be on the back - particularly from the Caps’ current roster. [NBCSW]
- This return to hockey has plenty of uncertainty built in already, but even more so for pending free agents. [AP]
- The local broadcast information is out for the upcoming exhibition game as well as the first two games of the round-robin tournament. [Caps]
- Guitars, gaming gear, and opposing players: contemplating life in the NHL’s playoff bubble. [NHL, The Score, CP]
- Ask Tom Wilson anything! [Caps video]
- Finally, happy 28th birthday to Michael Sgarbossa.