Your savory breakfast of champions links:
- ‘Twas a long and winding road, but Reirden stuck with it and came out on top. [Dump-n-Chase]
- Reirden also chatted up NHL Tonight.
- GM MacLellan says that the Caps’ free agency is nearly complete, with perhaps a depth defenseman left to sign. Oh, and the not-so-small matter of re-signing RFA Tom Wilson. [NBCSW (and again), WaPo, RMNB]
- Welcome back, Riley Barber! He signed a one-year, two-way deal to stick around.