Your savory breakfast links:
- Boyd Gordon on the Game 7 loss to Pittsburgh, his new teammates and going sans enforcer. [Capitals Insider]
- In case you missed it in the overnight, Semyon Varlamov’s back on the market, ladies, so put down that muffin.
- If Bruce Boudreau is busy now, just wait until the book tour starts. Or not. [Welcome to the Show]
- “The next great American defenseman” (at least from a fantasy perspective) is… John Carlson. [Dobber Hockey]
- If you like free money, here’s a deal for you – spend $15, and get $35 to spend at Bar Louie, the unofficial (at this point) pre-game spot of Japers’ Rink. [Living Social]
- The Caps, Pens and B’s are THN’s top three teams in the East… in what order have you got ’em? [The Hockey News]
- Another great Caps license plate only slightly sullied by the presence of the Virginia Tech logo. [Simpy Sensational]
- If the image of Jeff Schultz in a replica Mike Gartner jersey isn’t enough to make you laugh, you’re already dead. [Caps In Pictures]
- Caps Director of Media Relations Nate Ewell answered some questions for Winging It In Motown‘s Christy Hammond. [Sports PR Blog]
- The Stingrays have the ECHL’s ninth-best jerseys. If THN had considered this one, the Rays would’ve been first. [The Hockey News]
- Some dude whom the Caps picked in the second round of the 1990 draft (just six rounds before they took Peter Bondra and seven rounds before Ken Klee) is now a big-wig with the AHL. [The Hockey News]
- Off Topic: In case you went to bed early last night and missed it, the Nationals signed their Alex Ovechkin before the midnight deadline. [Washington Post]
- Finally, Happy 58th Birthday to Bruce Cowick (whose minus-42 rating in 1974-75 was only the 10th-worst on the team) and Happy 47th to Geoff Courtnall, whose 42-goal 1988-89 campaign is the 15th-highest single season total in Caps history and, more importantly, earned him a spot on this poster.