Your savory breakfast links:
- Start marking up those calendars: the Caps (and the rest of the NHL, of course) released their schedule for the 2025-26 season, which kicks off October 8 against the Bruins. [Rink, Caps]
- Vogs breaks it all down, shares interesting stats, and points out games to watch on next season’s slate. [Caps]
- Plenty of highlights abound for the league as a whole this season – the last one with just 82 games instead of 84. [NHL (and again), AP]
- The end of the season will feature a home-and-home back-to-back set against the Penguins, a game which could be the last time a couple of longtime rival players go head to head. [Sporting News]
- The Caps really need a third-line center; that could be Hendrix Lapierre, if he can find his game like he did two seasons ago. [THN]
- Did the Caps blow through all of their potential playoff energy just trying to get Alex Ovechkin to 896? [S&S]
- Taking a look at three candidates the Caps should target via trade this summer. [THW]
- Finally, the Caps’ opponents this season as…Jellycats? Adorable.