Your savory Sunday brunch links:
- With picks at #114, #147, #177, and #207, the Caps have completed their dance card for the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. [CSN Washington (and again)]
- Post-draft pressers. [Caps365 video (McPhee, Mahoney, Prior)]
- Meet the newest new guys:
- Steffen Søberg, Goaltender (Manglerud Star Ishockey) [JR, Dump’n’Chase, CI (Carrera), CW (Whyno), Rink Rebel, Patriot-News (Leone)]
- Hometown interview. [Nettavisen.no, via GoogleTranslate]
- Patrick Koudys, Defenseman (Rensselaer Polytechnic) [JR, Dump’n’Chase, CW (Whyno)]
- Hometown interview (pre-draft). [Niagara This Week]
- Post-draft presser [Caps365 (video)]
- Travis Boyd, Centerman (University of Minnesota) [JR, CW (Whyno)]
- Post-draft presser. [Caps365 (video)]
- Garret Haar, Defenseman, (Fargo (USHL)) [JR, CW (Whyno)]
- Hometown interview. Of note: Haar is committed to Northeastern but the NE coach just announced he is stepping down to take a job with the Toronto Maple Leafs, and the Northeastern hockey program is “in flux.” [InForum]
- Steffen Søberg, Goaltender (Manglerud Star Ishockey) [JR, Dump’n’Chase, CI (Carrera), CW (Whyno), Rink Rebel, Patriot-News (Leone)]
- Say, that’s a whole lotta college guys… [CI (Carrera)]
- …maybe because GMGM is looking long-term. [WashTimes (Whyno)]
- Draft roundups. [RMNB, RLS, WaPo (Carrera)]
- Troy Brouwer power! [Kings of Leonsis, Ed Frankovic, Caps News Network]
- He’s happy to be here, hopes he can help the team. [CI (Carrera)]
- And he’s crazy about his beagle. Does he know the Caps have a Beagle too? [Blackhawks TV]
- Troy Brouwer as important as Alex Ovechkin? Not so crazy, when you think about it. [Peerless]
- Power-up. [TSN (Cullen)]
- A move to the Caps moves Brouwer up on the fantasy radar. [Dobber]
- So. About that recently repaired shoulder… [CW (Whyno)]
- Finally, happy 31st birthday to John Erskine.
