Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight’s meeting in Manhattan from Vogs, Rangers.com, NHL.com and RLS, and be sure to check out our buddy Scotty Hockey and SB Nation partner Blueshirt Banter for more coverage from the other side of tonight’s match up.
- Notes and assorted whatnot from yesterday’s optional practice. [Caps365 (video), CI, DCEx]
- For what it’s worth, D.J. King and Ranger tough Derek Boogaard are not strangers. [HockeyFights, HockeyFights, HockeyFights, HockeyFights]
- Mike Green getting healthy has helped the Caps. Who knew? [WaPo (Carrera)]
- This week in scoring chances. [RMNB]
- Just who is Braden Holtby? [Stack the Pads]
- The Caps are gettin’ better all the time… [Homer McFanboy]
- … and have learned some lessons along the way, we’re told. [Versus]
- George McPhee on suspending superstars and social media. [ESPN (LeBrun)]
- Is the current Caps’ roster “veteran” enough? For that matter, is it “good” enough? And do I use “quotes” enough? [RLS, RLS]
- A few notable radio hits for your listening pleasure:
- Ted Leonsis will be on “Ask the Owner” this morning at 10:00… [WTOP]
- … Bruce Boudreau did his weekly hit on The Kirk and Mike Show yesterday… [105.9 The Edge (audio)]
- … Mike Knuble was on Elliot in the Morning yesterday… [YouTube (Part 1, Part 2), D.C. Sports Bog]
- … and Holtby did some show back home in Lloydminster. [SoundCloud]
- Why sacrificing a goat won’t help Knuble… [RMNB]
- … but if it would help, here are some possible candidates and their respective payoffs. [Capitals Outsider]
- Perception vs. reality. [StC]
- A plea to chillax. [SB Nation DC]
- C’mon, Caps fans. Let’s keep tickets in the family. [Mike Holden’s blog]
- Thursday’s tangle with Tampa is one of this week’s games to watch. [ESPN (Burnside)]
- HBO has tweaked its “24/7” logo to be more neutral. Yawn. [D.C. Sports Bog]
- Oh, look – previews of the preview of “24/7.” [TwitVid, TwitVid]
- Another review of The Ovechkin Project. [Puck Update]
- Bear Tracks! [LDN]
- It’s tourney time for a couple of Caps’ kids. [FanPost, Telegraph Journal, Hockey Canada]
- Congrats to Ron Weber and Dino Ciccarelli for whom the Hall has come callin’ (finally):
- On Weber. [Capitals (Vogel), OFB]
- On Ciccarelli. [NHL.com (Rosen), CSN Washington (May), D.C. Sports Bog, NHLPA, Capitals Outsider]
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