Your savory breakfast links:
- The Caps made a tiny splash in the free agency pool, inking forward Max Pacioretty to a one-year, $2M deal yesterday. [Rink, Caps, NHL, WaPo, NBCSW, ESPN, RDS, Athletic ($), The Score, THW]
- They also swung a trade with the Canadiens to bring defenseman Joel Edmundson to DC in exchange for a couple of draft picks. [Caps, NBCSW, EOTP, AP, Yahoo, Gazette, THW]
- Evaluating the Caps’ moves on Day 1 of free agency. [NoVa Caps]
- Pacioretty chatted with the media for the first time since becoming a Capital. [Caps video]
- The newest forward may not address the youth part of this offseason’s goals, but – if he’s healthy – he does partly address another focus, which is to upgrade the team’s top-six forwards. [NBCSW]
- Something that would address both things is swinging a trade with Ottawa for the rights to RFA forward Alex DeBrincat. [S&S]
- The Caps got some high marks for their work at this week’s draft. [THW]
- Finally, happy 47th birthday to Tomáš Vokoun!