Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s loss from Vogs, Caps video (Carbery, Vrana, Cristall, Rybinski), WaPo, THN, NoVa Caps, RMNB, and the Cannon.
- Three of the team’s four forward lines may be set, but the coaching staff is still waiting for some of the depth guys to step up and grab one of the remaining spots. [WaPo]
- The Caps’ preseason so far has been…lackluster. The good news is that it’s just preseason, and none of this matters (and fwiw, they were 2-5 the preseason before they won the Cup, so…) [ItR]
- 175 different goalies have fallen victim to Alex Ovechkin’s shot over the years – and they’re both in awe of him and rooting for him to break Gretzky’s record. [AP]
- Speaking of the Great One (and the Gr8 One), who have been the five best players in the NHL since Gretzky retired 25 years ago? [The Score]
- The Caps have locked in another piece of the future, signing 2024 draftee Eriks Mateiko to a three-year entry-level contract. [Caps, THN]
- Exploring how the Capitals stack up against the Carolina Hurricanes. [WHN]
- Happy 71st birthday to Doug Gibson!
- Finally, Logan Thompson’s new mask to match the screaming eagle thirds has no business being this awesome: