Your savory breakfast links:

• Last call for our Caps Convention After Party, which goes down tonight. This will be the social event of the season. [RSVP]
• Recaps and other assorted musings on last night's loss from Caps365 video (Boudreau, players), Vogs, CI (Carrera), AP, SB Nation DC.
• Recaps and other assorted musings from last night's Alumni Game from Caps365 (video), Caps News Network, Examiner (Hoffman), Capitals Voice (interview with Kevin Kaminski) and 106.7 The Fan (Elfin). (And for everything else Caps Alum, check out the new "Alumni Microsite." Cool.)
  
• Yesterday's cuts: Julien Brouillette, Andrew Carroll, Brett Flemming, Jacob Micflikier and Joel Rechlicz. [CW (Whyno)]
• In other news from out at Kettler...
  • Nicklas Backstrom is still a number-one center even if he's not the first line's pivot. [CI (El-Bashir) with more on which Alex should get Backstrom at RMNB and more on Bruce Boudreau's line-juggling at Caps News Network]
  • Six men enter; one will leave with a sweater. Maybe two. [CSN Washington (Gormley), WashTimes (Whyno)]
  • Tomas Vokoun talks about his preseason workload. [CW (Whyno)]
• Elsewhere, CSN Washington will be doing a live shot from today's Caps Convention between 2:00 and 3:00, and rumor has it I'll be a part of it. Stay tuned. [CSN Washington]
• A classy American officially hung 'em up yesterday; the Caps offer their thoughts on Mike Modano's retirement. [WashTimes (Whyno), DCEx (McNally)]
• In the opposite of classy, some malicious idiot did what malicious idiots are wont to do - the maliciously idiotic. Joel Ward reacts. [CI (El-Bashir)]
• Alex Ovechkin vs. Daniel Sedin: who've you got? Just kidding - we know who you've got. [NHL.com (Cubeta)]
• The Cap'n talks a bit about his off-season training regimen. [Alex Ovetjkin]
• Tasty media guide nuggest. [Dump 'n Chase]
• Could "power-play quarterback" be the Caps' greatest area of depth? [Kirk's Call]
• Lots o' Caps are good fantasy plays. [Sportsnet.ca]
• Waxvechkin! [DC Sports Bog, Capital Games]
• Vokoun and Jeff Halpern film a PSA. On video games. [DC Sports Bog]
• Mike Knuble on a couple of his old Beantown 'mates. [Kirk's Call]
• Caps Tattoo Guy gets more ink, err, pixels. But probably more ink, too. [DC Sports Bog]
• Finally, happy 23rd birthday to Karl Alzner (for whom Capitals Outsider has some gift ideas).