Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s loss from us, Vogs, NHL.com (Rosen), CSN Washington (Masisak), WaPo (Carrera: blog, gamer), DCEx (McNally), Caps365 video (Boudreau, players), CSN Washington (Beninati), Frankovic, Peerless, RMNB, KOL, Capitals News Network, Capitals Outsider, Puckhead, clyderorama (pics) and bridgetds (pics).
- Brooks Laich defends his coach (as he has before… at least twice). [ESPN]
- Comprehensive 24/7 Episode 1 coverage:
- Before… [Ted’s Take, Puck Daddy, HotH]
- … and after. [D.C. Sports Bog, NHL.com (Condor), FanHouse (Gretz), SB Nation DC, A.V. Club, ESPN (LeBrun), Slap Shot, Puck The Media, RMNB (with the most original take on it), Puckhead, PHT, OWO, DC Landing Strip]
- One significant takeaway from 24/7 (besides that the visitor’s locker room at MSG is horrendous) – Mike Green missed the two games prior to last night with a sprained MCL.
- Check out our own Pepper on the Houses of the Hockey Podcast. [HotH]
- The Caps will rebound. Of course they will. [ESPN ($)]
- Keeping the faith, owner edition. [FanHouse (Perez)]
- Time to go to Plan B. What? There is no Plan B? [Box Seats]
- Green will be doing his weekly spot on LaVar and Dukes this afternoon at 4:45 on 106.7 The Fan.
- Speaking of LaVar, keeping the faith, retired linebacker edition. [Hard Hits]
- “Coach’s Challenge” – yay or nay? [RtR]
- A couple of Caps hanging tough in the December Calder Poll. [HF]
- Nicklas Backstrom scores, assist to Jose Theodore. [OFB]
- A firsthand account from Green’s benefit concert. [RtR]
- Catching up with Cody Eakin (whose hair is looking marvelous here). [FanShot]
- On old friend Jeff Halpern. [Gazette]
- Finally, happy 33rd birthday to Eric Belanger (and, FYI, you know this birthday wish is legit because it’s in writing).