Your savory breakfast links:
- What on earth is going on with the Washington Capitals’ power play? [Rink]
- The NHL’s Hockey Fights Cancer initiative is extra important to Rasmus Sandin, whose mother was diagnosed with cancer two years ago. [WaPo ($)]
- Everyone knows Washington’s power play is bad (see above)—how do they fix it? [THN]
- Perhaps this season’s power play isn’t meant to be understood. [RMNB]
- Sonny Milano embraces his uniqueness in the hockey world, and so do his teammates. [THN]
- Lucas Johansen has worked hard his entire hockey career to get to the NHL, and he has more than earned the chance he is getting now. [NoVa Caps]
- Goaltender Mitch Gibson was reassigned from the Hershey Bears to the South Carolina Stingrays yesterday, which could be a positive sign with regard to Darcy Kuemper. [Bears, Stingrays, RMNB]
- Don’t look now, but a certain Metro Division team has cracked the NHL’s latest Super 16 power rankings… [NHL]
- Finally, happy 68th birthday to Dennis Maruk and happy 74th birthday to Gord Smith!