Shatty gives praise for Ovi, ranking the “young guns”, top trade candidates, the latest arena trends, hockey growth in the DMV and more in tonight’s links:
CAPITALS
Now a Ranger, Kevin Shattenkirk praises Alex Ovechkin (CSNMA)
On verge of camp, Alex Ovechkin sees his effect on Washington (Washington Times)
Caps’ Ovechkin helps break ground on massive Northern Va. sports complex (WTOP)
The 25 Most Important Players for the Caps: No. 8 Dmitry Orlov (CSNMA)
Brett Connolly’s goal? Score at least 20 of them for the Caps this season (CSNMA)
Washington Capitals 2017-2018 Previews — Forwards: T.J. Oshie (Peerless Prognosticator)
Ovechkin amazed by rapid growth of hockey in D.C. area (NBC Sports)
The Capitals’ Top 25 Under 25 (Japers Rink)
The NHL trade deadline is now set for February 26: A look back at Caps’ GM MacLellan’s past moves. (NoVa Caps)
Andre Burakovsky is ready to earn a bigger role (CSNMA)
Register now for “Learn to Play” (Capitals)
All of this morning’s links (Japers Rink)
AROUND THE LEAGUE
Top 10 NHL Trade Candidates for the 2017-2018 Season (The Hockey News)
The Canucks have signed Bo Horvat to a six-year, $33-million deal (Sportsnet)
Why $2.1 Million Was Invested In A Sports News Subscription Site (Forbes)
Cynical suspicions about the NHL ‘Declaration of Principles’ (Yahoo Sports)
NHL Arena Trends: Down-sizing or Right-sizing? (NoVa Caps)
Islanders arena mess update: Bettman again shoots down Nassau talk (NBC Sports)
Dallas Stars stars Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin: Forget last year, we’re ‘going for it’ this season (ESPN)
Logos for the Sabres, Rangers and 2018 Winter Classic Revealed (SportsLogos)
And a look at the creative process behind the new Winter Classic logos (Fanbrandz)
Why Nylander could get Draisaitl numbers & Draisaitl money (Sportsnet)
Subpoenas issued for Bettman, Daly and Lamoriello in Peluso lawsuit (TSN)
SOCIAL MEDIA
Love Holtby’s shirt: “Capitals against the world”