Your savory breakfast links:
- Get the lowdown on what the Caps are getting with first-round pick Lynden Lakovic. [Rink, S&S, THN]
- Recapping a busy draft weekend for the Caps. [Vogs, Caps, Caps video (Chris Patrick, Ross Mahoney), WaPo, Monumental]
- Go behind the scenes and see what went down in the Caps’ war room during the draft. [Caps video]
- In the second round, the Caps selected Swedish center Milton Gästrin. [Rink, Caps video (all access, one-on-one, media, video conference), Monumental, THN, RMNB, S&S]
- The team’s third-round pick went to German winger Maxim Schafer. [Rink, THN, RMNB, S&S]
- In the fifth round, the Caps grabbed American center Jackson Crowder. [Rink, RMNB, S&S]
- With their final pick of the weekend, the Caps went back to Sweden for big blueliner Aron Dahlqvist. [Rink, RMNB, S&S, THN]
- Amid the drafting chaos, the Caps also made a personnel trade, swapping Chase Priskie for blueliner Declan Chisholm. [Caps, Daily Faceoff]
- The Caps signed new forward Justin Sourdif to a two-year deal, and he’s apparently been someone they’ve had their eye on for a few years now. [Caps, THN, RMNB]
- Finally, happy 77th birthday to Rick Smith!