Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s white-washin’ from us, Vogs, Masisak (CSN), Masisak (NHL.com), Carrera (blog, gamer), Caps365 (video), Beninati, Frankovic, Peerless, DC Pro Sports Report, RMNB, Puckhead’s Thoughts, Puck Daddy, ESPN, Inside Hockey, News & Observer (with a pretty massive photo gallery), Canes Country and Red & Black Hockey.
- On the Matt Hendricks goal and the David Steckel/Cam Ward pile-up immediately prior. [The Hosers]
- And another look at Michal Neuvirth‘s brilliant robbery of Eric Staal. [YouTube]
- Previews of tonight’s game in Minny from Vogs, NHL.com, Peerless, and KOL, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner Hockey Wilderness for coverage from the other side of tonight’s match up.
- Is Jason Chimera the NHL’s fastest skater? (I’d submit Matt Bradley coming off the bench to intervene in Ovechkin vs. Downie for consideration.) [D.C. Sports Bog]
- Today’s offensive defensemen are a new breed. [Hockey Independent]
- Mike Milbury bloviating as only Mike Milbury can bloviate. [Big Bad Blog]
- Of dollars and suds. [Puck Daddy]
- NHL.com tries to pass off a CCM ad as news (OK, maybe there’s a nugget or two of new info in there). [NHL.com (Masisak)]
- America’s (future?) Hockey Capital vs. Hockeytown. [RtR]
- John Wall! Ted Leonsis! Caps game! Synergy! [D.C. Sports Bog]
- Great news – Quintin Laing has found work. If we set the over/under for the number of NHL games he’ll play over the rest of his career at one, what’ve you got? Yeah, me too. Sigh. [ECHL]
- Finally, happy 44th birthday to Benoit Hogue.