Your savory breakfast links:
- Here (.pdf) are the lineups for tonight’s game against the Blue Jackets, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner The Cannon for coverage from the other side of tonight’s match up.
- As predicted, Team A is your 2010 Duchesne Cup championship squad. [Dump ‘n Chase, CI, Caps365 (video), Frankovic, 106.7 The Fan (audio; The Fan was out at Kettler all day, and there’s plenty of audio to go ’round), Caps Snaps (pics), Caps In Pictures (pics), bridgetds (pics)]
- Reactions to the Tom Poti contract extension. [Caps365 (video of Poti), CI, Hockey Independent, RtR, PHT]
- Maybe it’s time to cut Alex Ovechkin… a little slack. [Burnside (with companion video with plenty of Alex Semin conjecture)]
- Speaking of the Alexes, in case you missed it last night, Tuvan has a translation of part of an interview with the pair. [Japers’ Rink]
- The second-line center job is Tomas Fleischmann‘s to lose… [Masisak]
- … and Mathieu Perreault seems to be getting comfortable on the third line… [WaPo, McNally]
- … and it carries with it a fantasy impact (and the potential for Marcus Johansson to play in the AHL is an unsafe assumption). [THN]
- Mike Green embraces a leadership role. [SB Nation DC]
- Ranking the Caps’ top twenty prospects (sure to be a conversation starter). [Hockey’s Future]
- D.J. King won’t be in the lineup tonight (you can exhale now, Jared Boll), so he’ll have to wait a little longer to do what it is he does. [OFB]
- On “The Ovechkin Project.” [Bog, WaPo]
- It sure sounds like Matt Hendricks has a good shot at getting a two-way deal with the organization. [CI]
- The best thing about the Winter Classic is the player reflections on playing outdoors as kids (the worst thing about the Winter Classic, incidentally, is the hockey). [OFB]
- Is Bruce Boudreau ratcheting up the accountability already? [The Checking Line]
- When stalking isn’t (too) creepy. [a mom’s love affair with her son’s team (first time a blog name has been longer than the tease?)]
- Several campers talk about their off-season training regimens. [Caps365 (video)]
- Speaking of bulking up (jokes, people!), the Virginia chiropractor who served as the tenuous link between the Caps and a Florida steroid dealer pleaded guilty to steroids charges yesterday. [Herald Tribune, with his affidavit here (h/t Wysh)]
- 30 in 30: Michal Neuvirth… [Red Line Station]
- … and a higher-profile piece on the same dude. [Burnside]
- And another 30 in 30, this time it’s AO’s turn. [Red Line Station]
- A peerless look at Jason Chimera. [Peerless]
- The Caps’ Media Guide is so impressive, you need a guide to the guide. [Hockey Chronicles]
- A bit more on the Brandon Anderson signing. [Rink Rebel]
- Profilin’ Dmitri Kugryshev. [Russian Prospect]
- On staying angry. [Peerless]
- Speaking of anger, it sounds like the Eric Belanger camp his chilled out a bit. [LeBrun]
- Ever wonder how the NHL’s 30 teams got their names? No? Then don’t click on this link. [Sportsnet]
- Caps In Pictures is looking to add a photog, so if you’re interested, apply within. [Caps In Pictures]
- A look at the Bears’ October. [RtR]
- How your favorite (and, perhaps, least favorite) bloggers spent their summers. [Capitals Outsider]
- Finally, happy 51st birthday to Harvie Pocza.