Your savory breakfast links:
- We’ve got some questions and thoughts about the Caps as training camp gets underway. [Rink]
- Sights and updates from Day 2 of training camp. [Caps video (Carbery, Wilson, McMichael), WHN (and again)]
- Get a peek at Spencer Carbery’s first line combinations of the year… [RMNB]
- …which included reuniting Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom. [THN]
- Speaking of Backstrom, he is done – DONE (just look at that picture) – talking about his hip, y’all. [WaPo]
- And speaking of Carbery, his presence is already being felt in the early days of camp. [WHN]
- Tom Wilson’s leadership and commitment to the Caps makes him a bridge to a post-Ovechkin era. [WaPo]
- After missing the playoffs for the first time in almost a decade last year, the message this season for the Caps is clear: postseason or bust. [S&S]
- The biggest unanswered questions for each of the Metro Division teams this preseason. [Sportsnet]
- Former NHLer Henry Boucha passed away earlier this week, a loss felt strongly by T.J. Oshie for a number of reasons. [Caps]
- Suggesting the Caps should have “upgraded” their backup netminder by going after Casey DeSmith is…..certainly something someone could write. Also? Absolutely f&%king not. [THW]
- Finally, happy 72nd birthday to Milan Nový!