Your savory breakfast links:
- Previewing tonight’s visit to Columbus for a preseason date with the Blue Jackets from Vogs.
- Checking in with the coach and the kid after yesterday’s practice. [Caps video (Carbery, Leonard)]
- Ryan Leonard finally scored a goal on a goalie (and again in the shootout) in Sunday’s win in NJ, but for his coach, Leonard’s successful evolution goes far beyond the scoresheet. [WaPo]
- The Hershey Bears opened their training camp this weekend, officially kicking off Derek King’s reign behind the bench of the storied AHL franchise. [Caps, Bears]
- Is the frenzy of free agency kind of…dead? [THN]
- Caps’ goalie prospect Clay Stevenson may end up as trade bait simply so the Caps can avoid losing him for nothing on the waiver wire. [RMNB]
- Crazy as it sounds, opening night is just over a week away – so make your plans for all of the season kickoff festivities, which get underway Wednesday afternoon. [Caps]
- Finally…sure, hockey stuff is great, but the most important thing that happened yesterday was PUPPIES!