Your savory breakfast links:

• Japers' Rink Radio takes a rare Monday night off tonight to accommodate the big game (Caps/Jax... what'd you think I meant?), but returns tomorrow night with the always entertaining and informative Alan May.
• Previews and sorta-previews of preseason game #4 from Puck-Rakers (Portzline) and others to come, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner, The Cannon, for more coverage from the other side of tonight's match-up. [SB Nation DC]
• Notes and assorted whatnot from out at Kettler:
  • In general. [Caps365 video (Boudreau & Vokoun)]
  • Surely destined to be out-of-date by the 10am morning skate, the latest on lines, combos, and possible injuries:
    • Oh, noes. Not Brooks! [CW (Whyno)]
    • Nicklas Backstrom moves back up with Alex Ovechkin, but for how long? [CI (Carrera), CW (Whyno)]
    • Welcome to 1R, Troy Brouwer. For now.  [CI (Carrera, and again), CSN Washington (Gormley), CW (Whyno), and CRtC on why that job ain't for Joel Ward]
      
  • With an 0-2-1 record thus far in the preseason, the Caps spent some time practicing shooting on the net to score. [CW (Whyno)]
  • If you're one of the six guys on the training camp roster still looking for one of the few forward spots available or that third line center job, now would be a good time to step up. [Dump-n-Chase, WashTimes (Whyno, and again at CW)]
  • Oh hai there Hershey Bears training camp!  That roster may have a few more names, soon. [Patriot-News (Leone)]
    
• What storyline will the Caps be writing in 2011-2012? [TSN.ca]
• Of course the story will begin and end, as always, with Mr. Alpha Omega. [Peerless]
  • Here's an up-close-and-personal look at Ovi's new Bauer Vapor APX twig... [Hockey Gear Review]
  • ... and here's an up-close-and-probably-too-personal look at Cadbury's (née Neilson's) previous Mr. Big hockey poster boy. [Dirty Dangle]
    
• CapsCon Compendia. [CapsNewsNetwork, RMNB, Alex Ovetjkin, Neuvy's Flip Flop, CSN Washington (Gormley)]
• John Carlson chooses his presidential running mate and other nuggets in an interview with his hometown press. [New England Hockey Journal]
• Finally, Hockey Night in Canada paid tribute to the tragic summer of 2011. [Kukla's Korner]