Your savory breakfast links:
- Be sure to tune in tomorrow morning when Pepper and Russell welcome CSN Washington analyst and Caps legend Alan May to Japers’ Rink Radio – guaranteed to be ten pounds of awesome in a five-pound sack.
- Notes and assorted whatnot from yesterday’s practice, including word that Semyon Varlamov will dress for tomorrow night’s tilt in Music City. [Caps365 (video), Dump ‘n Chase, CI, DCEx]
- Someone stop the engraver – John Carlson hasn’t won the Calder quite yet. [Masisak, CI, JtG (but see USA Today)]
- D.J. King on his role. [Caps365 (video), WaPo, McNally]
- Clearly Bruce Boudreau is not a believer in keeping shifts short (but we knew that… and that it might not necessarily matter). [BtN]
- On the Caps’ early faceoff woes. [WaPo]
- Get to know Marcus Johansson. [CSN Washington (video)]
- Can Alex Ovechkin score 50 goals in 50 games? [RMNB (and our take on the same question from a year ago)]
- Comparing one set of tiny samples with other sets of tiny samples. [Peerless]
- The beer lover’s look at Verizon Center. [The Pint Glass, SB Nation DC]
- This or That: Tiger or FIGJAM? [Caps365 (video)]
- Another review of The Book. [Gunaxin]
- The Bears ready for their home opener and, ho-hum, another Championship banner raising. [Leone]
- Sheldon Souray could make his Hershey debut tonight in Bingo. [Leone]
- Speaking of Hershey… check out RMNB’s new spin-off blog, Sweetest Hockey on Earth. Righteous. [RMNB]
- Despite the implication in this article, Cody Eakin has to be a lock for Team Canada, no? [Buzzing the Net]
- Someone put Stan Galiev on that Eric Fehr diet, pronto. [Premium Scouting]
- Finally (and unrelated to pucks), if you happen to be a college football fan and want cheap tickets to the upcoming Penn State/Indiana game out at FedEx Field, check this out. [SB Nation Team Pick]