Your savory breakfast links:
- Hear from the coach and players as they speak to the media one final time before heading into summer. [Caps video]
- It shouldn’t be news, because we all already knew this, but yes – Alex Ovechkin will be back for his 21st (!!!) season. [NHL]
- His sometimes-linemate down the stretch, Anthony Beauvillier, would like to be here for that, as well. [THN]
- The pain of a season ending too soon is tempered – at least a little bit – by hope for good things in the very near future for this Capitals team. [WaPo, The Athletic ($)]
- Things aren’t going much better for the Bears down in the AHL playoffs, as they find themselves in a 2-0 series hole to Charlotte after last night’s OT loss. [AHL]
- Get a peek inside the brain of an NHL netminder and find out how they shake off a bad goal during a game. [The Score]
- Finally, happy 66th birthday to Errol Rausse, and happy 35th to Aaron Ness!