Your savory breakfast links:
- The bigtime beat reporters have dropped their bigtime season preview issues. [WaPo (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5), WashTimes (special section in pdf form), WashTimes (click here and keep clickin’), and for a look at the Bears, check out Tim Leone’s fine work at the Patriot-News]
- Then the independent media had their say. [CI (Japers’ Rink), CI (RMNB), Sick Unbelievable, Mr. Irrelevant (Vingan), Puck ‘n Hockey (Stuhl), OFB and friends]
- Four Canadian bloggers sitting around talking. [National Post]
- As one gets on in years, one tends to get more preseason features, eh, Mike Knuble? [Dump ‘n Chase, WaPo (Carrera), WashTimes (Snyder)]
- Goals? Marcus Johansson haz ’em. [WashTimes (Whyno)]
- Jeff Halpern plans to honor both his faith and his commitment to his team. [DC Sports Bog]
- “You want goals, you go to the net. You want bread, you go to the bakery. And if you want money, you go to the glove compartment.” Aw, Brooks. [CP, DC Sports Bog]
- So, uh, what’s the story with Dennis Wideman? [CI (Carrera, and again), CW (Whyno, and again)]
- Related: Fun With Lines™, D-pairing edition. [DSP]
- Matt Hendricks, team player. [Sports Junkies (story and audio)]
- Tomas Vokoun, contending at last. [WashTimes (Whyno), 1067 The Fan (Money Metal Cakes)]
- Related: Two days that maybe made the Caps’ future sunnier. [PHT]
- Alex Ovechkin is due to return from Russia tonight, but Coach is getting Plan B ready, just in case. [CSNW (Gormley)]
- Looking over the season ahead for Mathieu Perreault. [RMNB]
- In which basketball fans suddenly find themselves curious about … hockey. [Washingtonian]
- The Alex and Sidney Show, side-by-side. [Backhand Shelf]
- Finally, ten burning questions [ESPN (Video)]