Your savory breakfast links:
- The team as a whole has taken a step forward (and then some) from last year – but which players have improved the most in that time? [Rink]
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s loss from us, Vogs, Caps video (Carbery, Ovechkin, TvR, PLD), NHL, AP, WaPo, THN, NoVa Caps, RMNB, TRL, and S&S.
- Just a casual 100+ penalty minutes at the end of this one, ho hum. [SI]
- Before the fists started flying, Logan Thompson exited with an apparent upper-body injury. [ESPN]
- Mike Vogel does his usual lovely job of recapturing history, looking back at the night the Caps drafted a future superstar and goal-scoring legend. [Caps]
- There is one thing that all of Alex Ovechkin’s goals have in common (that none of the other goal-scoring legends can claim) – all of them were scored with one team. [WaPo]
- The legendary voices of the Capitals, Joe Beninati and John Walton, are warmed up and ready to call #895. [WTOP]
- More of Ovechkin’s former linemates reminisce about the difficult but rewarding task of skating alongside the Gr8 one… [THN]
- …and teammates, opponents, and coaches share what makes him just so lethal from his office. [ESPN]
- Those countdown clocks are popping up all over the DMV! [DC News Now]
- A few leftovers from Tuesday night’s win in Boston. [Rink, RMNB, SCoC]
- The reviews are in for Ryan Leonard’s NHL debut, and they are very, very good. [MassLive]
- Are the Rangers a nightmare matchup for the Caps in the first round or do they actually suck and the Caps can beat whoever? [NHL]