Your savory breakfast links:
- We get out our shiny new Rink thermometer and take the temperature of the Caps after Week 1. [Rink]
- Previews of this evening’s 6:00 p.m. throwdown in Philly from Vogs, AP, and Reuters, and be sure to swing by our pals over at Broad Street Hockey for the other side of tonight’s matchup.
- The Caps will get their first look at Matvei Michkov, the Flyers’ rookie, who will in turn be getting his first shot at facing off against one of his idols. [NHL]
- Get ready for a Frozen Frenzy! All 32 teams are in action tonight, and Caps-Flyers will be one of 16 games staggered throughout the night. [NHL]
- Coach Carbery and Alex Ovechkin spoke to the media from Philadelphia, where the team wrapped up practice at the Flyers’ training center. [Caps video (Carbery, Ovechkin), PSN]
- Ted Leonsis and DC mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled a plan to have DC purchase Capital One Arena, and shared some mock-ups from the proposed renovation. [WaPo, Monumental, SBJ, THN]
- Off to a hot start, Tom Wilson is setting himself up to do something he’s never done before. [S&S]
- He also seems to be in line for joining Team Canada at the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off later this season. [THN, Sportsnet (audio)]
- Capitals’ legend and Stanley Cup champ Devante Smith-Pelly is expanding his TV analyst role, and will appear on 25-30 Monumental broadcasts this season. [NHL]
- The NHL and NHLPA have unveiled their year-long Hockey Fights Cancer initiatives. [NHL]
- Finally, happy 56th birthday to Terry Yake, and happy 44th to Matt Pettinger!