Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s first win of the preseason from Vogs, Caps video (Carbery, Thompson, Limoges, Chychrun, recap), NHL, WaPo, THN, NoVa Caps, RMNB, and S&S.
- Logan Thompson, one of the five new faces in last night’s lineup, was very good in his preseason debut – and even the opposition would agree:
- The Capitals have undergone a pretty big transition up the middle over the last year and a half. [NoVa Caps]
- The trio that will probably make up the team’s fourth line going forward could provide more offense (and did just that last night). [RMNB]
- Last night was a big game for Jakub Vrana, who is still trying to earn a contract and prove he can still play in the NHL. [AP]
- Holding the Caps up to another Metro Division rival, this time the Islanders of New York, who decided standing mostly pat was the move this summer. [WHN]
- Finally, happy 44th birthday to big #44 himself, Stanley Cup Champion (with the Capitals and only the Capitals, no other teams) Brooks Orpik!