Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps of the Caps’ season-opening loss to the Devils from us, Vogs, Caps video (Carbery, Carlson, Strome, Wilson), Devils, NHL, AP, WaPo, THN, NoVa Caps, RMNB, WHN, Caps Outsider and All About the Jersey.
- One game in and the team is already one man down, with Matt Roy leaving early last night…can we seriously not ever have nice things? [THN]
- While the game itself didn’t end the way we wanted, the festivities surrounding the 50th season were great. Watch/rewatch the whole pregame ceremony here.
- This awesome moment:
- We’ve seen some bad hockey teams over the years, but none of them can quite touch the level of bad that was the 1974-75 Capitals squad. [WaPo]
- Part of the 50th celebration took place in a star-studded event at Capital One Arena back on Thursday. [RMNB]
- The team’s 50th season is also, remarkably, Alex Ovechkin’s 20th. And at 39 years old, the Caps’ captain is enjoying the ride. [THN]
- Examining the biggest questions facing each of the Metropolitan Division teams this season. [NoVa Caps]
- Pierre-Luc Dubois is looking to silence the haters and find a home with the Capitals. [THN]
- Up in Hershey, the Bears kicked off their 2024-25 season with a banner raising as they begin their hunt for a third-consecutive Calder Cup with a 7-3 victory. [Bears, Caps Outsider (and again)]
- Finally, happy 59th birthday to Paul Cavallini!