Your savory breakfast links:
- The Caps and Bolts share a common history of great expectations followed by playoff disappointment; Tampa likely hopes their story has as good an ending as the Caps did. [NBCSW]
- Alex Ovechkin is once again headed to the All-Star Game, having been selected as the Metro Division team’s captain for the third consecutive year. [Caps, NHL, Yahoo]
- The Caps and Braden Holtby have reportedly decided to keep focus on hockey for now, with plans to start contract negotiations after the season wraps.