Your savory breakfast of champions links:
- The first roster cuts were announced, with the rookies being ticketed back to their junior teams. [WaPo, NoVa Caps, WashTimes, FiCP]
- The cuts included the Caps’ 2018 first rounder, Alex Alexeyev. He impressed in camp, but he heads back to Red Deer to log some massive minutes for the Rebels. We’ll see him again next summer. [NBCSW]
- Brooks Orpik went on 106.7 The Fan to discuss the trade, the buyout, and the real reason he re-signed with Washington.