Your savory breakfast links:

• Recaps and other assorted musings on last night's loss (gasp!) from us, Caps365 video (Boudreau, players), Vogs, Capitals Voice, NHL.com, WaPo (Carrera: gamer, blog), WashTimes (Whyno: gamer, blog, blog), 106.7 The Fan (Darr), Examiner (Hoffman), Peerless, Frankovic, SB Nation DC, KOL, RMNB and We Love DC, and from the Oilers side, Edmonton Journal (blog, gamer), Edmonton Sun, Copper & Blue and mc79hockey (scoring chances).
• Five reasons the Caps were 7-0-0. [WTOP (Raby), with more on the differences between last year's team and the current incarnation at 106.7 The Fan (Flaim)]
• Even without Mike Green, the Caps' blueline is deep. [WashTimes (Whyno)]
• We saw a bit of how John Carlson's role changes with Green out last night, but here's more on that topic. [CI (Carrera), CW (Whyno)]
• Practice? We're talkin' 'bout practice, man. [DCEx (McNally)]
• Twenty years ago yesterday, D.C. had its last 8-0 team. [DC Sports Bog]
• Matt Hendricks is looking for that elusive first goal of the year. [WashTimes (Whyno)]
• It's pumpkin-carvin' time, which means it's also pumpkin-carvin' blog post time. [Puck Daddy, Capitals Outsider, RMNB]
• The Bears have a date with their former captain on the horizon. [Patriot-News (Leone)]
• Finally, happy 45th birthday to Benoit Hogue.