News and notes from the first official practice of the 2017-2018 season, update on final roster spots, a new part-owner for the Capitals, interview with Nicklas Backstrom, GM Brian MacLellan and the team meet with the media and plenty more in this evening’s Capitals links:
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👉 Laurene Powell Jobs is buying a big stake in Wizards, Capitals sports empire. (Washington Post)
👉 Images from Capitals Practice this morning at Kettler. (NoVa Caps)
👉 Tom Wilson suspended four games for Sunday’s hit in St. Louis. (NoVa Caps)
👉 Media can be tough, but Niskanen always speaks up. (NBCS-W)
👉 Jay Beagle excited about the young talent on the Caps. (Sports Junkies)
👉 Alex Ovechkin speaks with media following first day of practice. (Capitals)
👉 Braden Holtby speaks with media following this morning’s practice. (Capitals)
👉 Nicklas Backstrom: “Erik Karlsson is good at trash talk” (NoVa Caps)
👉 Milestone watch: Can Ovechkin reach 600 goals this season? (Sportsnet)
👉 Capitals ‘bubble’ players breathe a big sigh of relief Tuesday. (NBCS-W)
👉 Capitals GM Brian MacLellan meets with the media. (Capitals)
👉 Washington Capitals 2017-2018 Previews — Expectations and Uncertainty. (Peerless Prognosticator)
👉 3 Capitals prospects battle to the wire for two remaining spots. (NoVa Caps)
👉 Capitals True or False with Keith Jones. (NBCS-W)
👉 Capitals continue opening night tradition with red carpet event. (NoVa Caps)
👉 Caps Fans Invited to go “Strollin’ with Nolan” Trotz. (Capitals)
👉 Scott Murray’s approach to coaching, from grassroots to NHL, has proven success. (NHL)
👉 Reminder: “Caps Talk” is back! You listen each weekday from 4-6PM on Caps Radio
👉 Japers Rink Radio: Episode 63: New Season’s Eve (Japers Rink)
👉 All of the morning links from Japers Rink can be found here.
AROUND THE LEAGUE
👉 2017-18 NHL Preview: Metropolitan Division. (Yahoo Sports)
👉 Auston Matthews: The 20-Year-Old Tasked With Delivering Toronto’s First Stanley Cup in 50 Years. (Sports Illustrated)
👉 Predicting the 2018 NHL Awards (The Score)
👉 Ex-Sens D Jokipakka signs in KHL. (TSN)
👉 Western Conference Predictions: Who’s on the Rise? (NBCS-W)
👉 What We Learned: Who could have bounce-backs, setbacks in goal-scoring. (Yahoo Sports)
👉 Lupul fails independent medical evaluation. (TSN)
👉 31 bold predictions for the NHL season. (TSN)
👉 McDavid projected as lone 100-point scorer by oddsmakers. (The Score)
👉 NHL 5 things we learned from NHL preseason. (Fanrag)
👉 Gary Bettman on possible Seattle NHL team: ‘We’re nowhere near that’ (Sportsnet)
👉 Scouts’ takes on all 31 NHL teams for the 2017-18 season. (ESPN)
👉 NHL stars admit skipping Olympics will be ‘weird’. (NBC Sports)
👉 Fantasy: Top 250 rankings for 2017-18. (NHL)
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