Your savory Saturday brunch links:

• Japers' Rink Radio hits the interwaves today at 10 Eastern.  Pepper and Russell welcome The Goalie Guild's own Justin Goldman to the program, where he'll help break down the Capitals' trio of talented young 'tenders. [JRR]
• Previews of today's matinee clash with the Kings from Vogs, NHL.com (Masisak), CSN Washington (Bartl), WaPo (Carrera), SB Nation DC, RtR, WC2010, CRtC, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner Jewels From The Crown for more coverage from the other side of today's match-up.
• Son of a ... Alexander Semin returns to the top line and his long-lost buddies, and Mike Green is planning to suit up.  You may exhale now. [CI]
• The Kings are looking at this as a measuring-stick game... [ESPN, LA Kings Insider]
• ...and they are shuffling their lines as well. Anze Kopitar is on the move. [LA Times]
• The Caps, in the meantime, are getting ready for the late-season push, and the West Coast swing. [WaPo (Carrera), CI]
• Peerless is back from hiatus and has a few things on his mind. [Peerless]
• Suddenly, centers:
  • Ups and downs with Marcus Johansson and Mathieu Perreault. [OFB]
  • A second-line center and a unicorn walk into a bar ... or maybe it's Neil with more numbers. [RMNB]
• If this hockey thing doesn't work out, Mike Green and Alan May can fall back on gardening.  [gardennews.biz]
  
• Reason #infinty+1 why hockey players are teh awesome. [RMNB, Puck'n'Hockey, YouTube]
• What do you call it when a goalie on his first start saves more than twice as many shots as his teammates placed on the opposing goal and still comes away with a win?  You call it Hershey Bears Hockey, of course. Congratulations, Jared DeMichiel! [SHoE, Patriot News]
• Finally, here's a few more reimaginings of an already perfectly perfect uni. [Puck Drawn]