Your savory breakfast links:
- After 1,010 games, 16 seasons, and a Stanley Cup, T.J. Oshie has officially announced his retirement. Thanks for the many, many memories, Osh…Alexa, play “Country Roads” one last time. [Caps, Tribute Video, NHL, NHLPA, WaPo, WashTimes, AP, Reuters, Athletic, Grand Forks Herald]
- If you missed it live, you can watch Osh’s emotional retirement speech here:
- The announcement took place, fittingly, at the site where Oshie and his teammates galavanted around in a fountain on the seventh anniversary of their splashy Cup celebration. [NHL]
- Wrapping up the 2024-25 campaign for Andrew Mangiapane. [Rink, RMNB]
- Spencer Carbery’s Jack Adams award puts the Caps’ head coach in rare company. [Puck Prose]
- Alex Ovechkin has long been a collector of memorabilia; his most recent bout with history has turned his teammates into collectors, too. [RMNB]
- Finally…