Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight’s dance with the Ducks from Vogs, NHL.com (Rosen), Peerless and SB Nation DC, and be sure to check out our good friends and SB Nation partners Battle of California and Anaheim Calling for more coverage from the other side of tonight’s match up.
- Notes and assorted whatnot from yesterday’s practice. [CI (Carrera, Wang), Caps365 video (Boudreau, players), bridgetds (pics)]
- Regarding The SlideTM. [CSN Washington (Masisak), WaPo (Hamilton), DCEx (McNally), SI (Hackel), CP]
- Related: Bruce Boudreau‘s job security. [us, Dump ‘n Chase, Houses of the Hockey, FanHouse (Perez), SI (Farber), CBSSports.com]
- The Caps say they’re happy with their goaltending… [CI (Wang)]
- … sorry, John Feinstein (stick to college hoops, my good man). [KOL]
- Yesterday’s media hits:
- Brooks Laich on The Sports Junkies… [106.7 The Fan (audio)]
- … and Boudreau’s web chat. [ESPN.com]
- Wait, the Caps are doing some things right? Get. Out. [Box Seats]
- In fact, maybe it’s just the goals that have gone away, and not so much the offense itself (if that makes any sense). [RMNB]
- HBO’s 24/7: Penguins/Capitals Road to the Winter Classic debuts tonight. The forecast calls for mostly depressing with a 100% chance of heavy cursing. [Puck Daddy, D.C. Sports Bog]
- Speaking of the Winter Classic, the lines are set for the Caps alumni. If seeing Peter Bondra and Michal Pivonka together doesn’t get you a little bit psyched, you’re probably not a Caps fan. [OFB]
- Jeff Schultz and Andre Carter… BFFs? [Hail!]
- Jay Beagle is getting it done for the Bears. [Patriot-News (Leone)]
- The Cody Eakin love seems to be in abundance these days. [THN, Prairie Post]
- Finally, happy 26th birthday to Kyle Wilson.