Your savory breakfast links:

• Be sure to check out Japers' Rink Radio tomorrow morning (or download it thereafter) as Pepper and Russell welcome the WaPo's new Caps beat writer, Katie Carrera, to the show.
• Andrew Gordon is back to blogging (and, more importantly, working his tail off). [RMNB]
• Two Willie Mitchell items of interest: 1) "he's gotten a clean bill of health and has begun taking physicals for a few teams," and 2) he "could sign a contract with performance bonuses because he spent 100 days on injured reserve last year." [Russo's Rants]
• A look at the ongoing chemistry experiment that is this Caps team. [Peerless]
• More on Winter Classic tix from the boss. [Ted's Take]
• Superstardom hasn't changed Alex Ovechkin. [Puckrakers]
• Random musings on the Caps. [Hoffman]
• George McPhee's quietly effective summer... [Puckhead's Thoughts]
• ... has the team as off-season winners. [National Post]
• Hey, it's me, translated into Russian and then back into English (the audio should be floating around somewhere). Strangely, it's more comprehensible than a lot of my typical writings. [Sports.ru via Google Translate]
• Speaking of Russian translations, here's Semyon Varlamov... 's dad. [Kings of Leonsis]
  
• If you were wondering who Dave Shyiak is and why he was helping out with the coaching at Development Camp, read up. [Bears Bites]
• Hey, looks like Garrett Mitchell will be playing an outdoor game this year (and no, not by making the Caps). [DubNation]
• Finally, today's your last chance for a great deal on cheap golf - your putts will thanks you. [SB Nation Team Pick]