Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of this evening’s battle with the Blues from Vogs, Caps365 (video), NHL.com (Compton), Peerless, and KOL, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner St. Louis Game Time for more coverage from the other side of tonight’s match up.
- Coverage of the Tomas Fleischmann-for-Scott Hannan trade. [Caps365 video (McPhee), Dump ‘n Chase, CSN Washington (Masisak), ESPN (Burnside/LeBrun), NHL.com (Lozo), NHL.com (Sadowski on Flash), The Hockey News (Proteau), Denver Post (Dater), WaPo (Carrera), CI (Carrera, Carrera) DCEx, Peerless, RMNB, Frankovic, WTOP Caps Blog, Houses of the Hockey, Dobber Hockey (fantasy impact), Box Seats, RtR, StC, KOL, Capitals Kremlin, Capitals News Network, Mile High Hockey, Capitals Outsider, Puckhead, SB Nation DC, OFB, PHT (and again), FtR, The Hockey Writers, NYT, PuckWorld]
- Denver Post Avs beat writer Adrian Dater‘s 2009-10 Report Card for Hannan. [All Things Avs]
- Radio hits:
- Brooks Laich on The Sports Junkies. [106.7 The Fan (audio)]
- Jeff Schultz on AM 1570 WNST. [WNST (audio)]
- George McPhee on The Greg Brady Show… [The FAN 590 (audio)]
- … and on LaVar and Dukes. [106.7 The Fan (audio)]
- Mike Knuble on The Sports Fix. [ESPN 980 (audio)]
- Before the trade went down, the Caps’ team-building outing at Quantico was poised to be the story of the
slow newsday. [Puck Daddy, SB Nation DC, RtR] - “If I was George McPhee, I’d take my chances with Alexander Semin and not extend him before the playoffs. If Semin really wants to stay, he’ll find a way – after proving he can deliver when it matters.” Nail, meet hammer. [CBC.ca (Friedman)]
- All hail your Southeast overlords! [SB Nation DC]
- Eric Fehr talks about hitting the road (not in the Fleischmann sense of the word, mind you). [CSN Washington (video)]
- Is John Erskine the dirtiest player in hockey? Uh, no. [From the Rink]
- What the Caps’ goaltending situation is going to look like going forward is anyone’s guess. [ESPN]
- Part I of an interview with HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg (I’ll let you guess what the topic is). [NHL.com (Rosen)]
- Caps (and their prospects) are littered all around Scott Cullen‘s player rankings, including on his overall, rookie and AHL lists.
- True story: when I was finishing my basement, I put an Alex Ovechkin card behind the drywall. It wasn’t this card. [We Love DC]
- Karl Alzner didn’t have one of Movember’s top ‘staches? I demand a recount. [Puck Daddy]
- AO needs your vote. [Hockey Mom]
- A half-dozen questions with celeb Caps fan Samantha Casey. [Gunaxin]
- Monumental Sports and Entertainment is advancing the ball. [PR Web]
- Updates on injuries to Keith Aucoin and Patrick McNeill. [Patriot-News (Leone)]
- Great stuff on one of those AHLers, Andrew Gordon, who reveals that he has shot pucks in Sidney Crosby‘s childhood basement. Yes, the one with the dryer. [SHoE]
- Cody Eakin is excited for his WJC camp invite. [Shawn Mullin’s Blog, Winnipeg Free Press]
- A look at Evgeny Kuznetsov ‘s sophomore season in the K. [RMNB]