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Taking a quick swing 'round the hockeysphere to see how the Ovechkin/Downie/Bradley throwdown is playing. Please feel free to add additional links and thoughts...

 

Home Sweet Home - the Japers' recap with ten bullet points. One for each knotted finger on Matt Bradley's flying fists of fury.

 

Adam Gretz over at FanHouse: So close. Then Matt Bradley went and spoiled all the fun.

 

TJ at Alex Ovetjkin nods with approval, then puts in a plug for their next matchup Sunday January 31. Puck drop at 3pm and first penalties assessed at 3:01pm.

 

Hockeyfights.com must still be waiting for a decision from Toronto. 

 

SteinBog: When the music changed, the plan was rearranged, and now I'm stuck here with this rapidly wilting corsage.

 

JT Bourne was hopefully safely alone at home, or people would talk.

 

DC Landing Strip secretly mic'd up Ovi's uniform. Full transcript available here.

 

The fine folks at TSN's "That's Hockey" seem to think - that's hockey.

 

Capitals Fandome likes him some Old Time Hockey.

 

Empty Netters gives Brads and the Captain an A for effort, Steeltown-style.

 

There is no "I" in Nate Ewell.