Your savory breakfast links:
- As players return to health, the Caps are going to have some tough roster decisions to make… [Rink]
- …one of those decisions being made yesterday evening, with Hardy Häman Aktell getting loaned back to Hershey. [Caps]
- Previews of tonight’s Hockey Fights Cancer game against Columbus from Vogs, AP, FLM, and NoVa Caps, and be sure to visit our FHF pals over at The Cannon for the view from behind enemy lines.
- The Hockey Fights Cancer initiatives have a special meaning to Ivan Miroshnichenko, who has fought his own battle with the disease. [NHL]
- They’re also important to Rasmus Sandin, whose mother was diagnosed with cancer in January 2022. [Monumental]
- The Caps continue to lean heavily on John Carlson to carry the team’s banged-up blueline, with the veteran defenseman leading the NHL in ice time to this point. [Monumental]
- After a long stretch of always ceding the game’s first goal, the Caps’ ability to score first lately has helped fuel their recent hot streak. [NoVa Caps]
- Injury updates and more from yesterday’s practice. [Caps video (Carbery), NHL, NoVa Caps]
- We’ve talked about how atrocious the Caps’ power play has been; so how do you fix it? [S&S]
- If the NHL were to bring back the World Cup of Hockey, what would the players like the new tournament to look like? [The Athletic ($)]
- The Caps’ coaching staff hosted more than 180 local youth hockey coaches out at Medstar after practice yesterday for a coaching clinic. [Caps]