Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s win from us (on Matt Hendricks‘ early fireworks), Vogs, Carrera (blog, gamer), Caps365 video (highlights, players, Boudreau), Frankovic, Capitals Center, CSN New England (Haggerty), Bruins blog (and again), SCOC, Expressen via Google Translate.
- In case you missed it, our long
nationalNylander nightmare is over. [Puck Daddy, Litter Box Cats, On Frozen Pond, CK] - CSN Washington is adding a half-hour pre-game show to its Caps coverage, which is nice… but I’ll take a 28-minute show and more online content from Corey Masisak if given the choice. [D.C. Sports Bog, CSN Washington]
- John Carlson sounds like he’s ready to try to meet the lofty expectations that have been set for him. [Masisak]
- How does a team stay focused over the course of the regular season following a year like the last one? Mike Knuble explains. [D.C. Sports Bog]
- Bruce Boudreau is (rightly) playing it safe on even the smallest injuries (which presumably includes whatever’s ailing Semyon Varlamov… presumably). [CI]
- Perhaps the most poetically described moments leading up to an opening faceoff you’ll ever read. [mediachameleon]
- D.J. King sees himself as “big brother.” [CI]
- Pictures from yesterday’s practice. [bridgetds]
- On the open center position(s). [TBD, The Checking Line, The Hockey Writers]
- E.J. Hradek ranks the NHL’s top ten blueliners (spoiler alert: Mike Green comes in at number seven). [ESPN ($)]
- Also behind ESPN’s pay wall, it’s 2010-11 power rankings based on the Puck Prospectus VUKOTA system (spoiler alert: Caps hold the top spot). [ESPN ($)]
- Preseason Hart Trophy candidates. Guess who’s on the list. [Blackhawks]
- An outsider review of The Ovechkin Project from a presumably unbiased source. [Hockey Book Reviews]
- Did/do the Caps need an enforcer? [RMNB]
- Eric Duhatschek has nine Caps in the NHL’s top-200 scorers for the upcoming season (try to name ’em before clicking through). [Globe and Mail]
- Two Caps find themselves in the bottom half of Hockey Future’s latest top-50 prospect rankings. [HF]
- Olie Kolzig did a phoner with Elliot In The Morning yesterday. Fall in love all over again! [D.C. Sports Bog, EITM (YouTube)]
- Always-interesting George McPhee was on NHL Live! [NHL Live! (audio)]
- Ted Leonsis (wearing his Wizards Owner hat) gets fined $100,000 for wanting the NBA to be more like the NHL. [CBC, Wizards Insider]
- Another Caps season preview. [The Sports Network]
- Caps games to not look forward to in 2010-11. [Box Seats]
- Braden Holtby is ready to be “the guy” in Hershey… [Lancaster Online]
- … and here’s a look at his new mask. [DAVEART]
- Speaking of the Bears, here’s plenty of coverage from their training camp… [Leone (on Brian Willsie), Leone (on Joel Rechlicz), Leone (on Wes O’Neill), Bears (video)]
- … and here’s a peek at their new third jerseys. [Bears]
- Oh, and next time? Ticketmaster, Chief. [Patriot-News]
- Down a level, the Stingrays have announced their training camp dates. [Stingrays]