Your savory breakfast links:

• Remember - Monday nights are Japers' Rink Radio nights nowadays. Tune in tonight at nine as Pepper and Russell welcome the Washington Examiner's Brian McNally.
• NHL.com takes a look at the Caps' season ahead. [NHL.com (Masisak)]
• We touched on it in a roundabout way on Friday, now everyone's asking, "Will Alex Ovechkin score 50-goals this year?" And everyone's answering... probably not. [RMNB, Peerless, RLS]
• An in-depth look at the Caps' top-10 prospects, with a couple of mild surprises. [Hockey Prospectus]
• XM Home Ice previews the Caps. [XM Home Ice (audio)]
• Crystal ballin' Jeff Schultz's 2011-2012 season. [RtR]
• Nick Backstrom got the best homecoming present ever - his childhood hockey arena was named after him. [FanShot, Hockey Ramblings]
• Presented without comment: Alexander Semin tells children "to work hard in training sessions and always give your all in games." [RMNB]
• Time for a final push in MVB voting. [CBS Washington]
• Finally, happy 51st birthday to Tim Tookey.