Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight’s hootenanny with the Hurricanes from Vogs, NHL.com, SB Nation DC, FanFeedr News, Peerless, RMNB, CRtC and hockey yelling, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner Canes Country for more coverage from the other side of tonight’s match-up.
- After a back-to-back and prior to their third game in four days, the Caps did not hold any on-ice practice yesterday.
- Reports from sick bay:
- Caps are being “extra cautious” with Nick Backstrom. Alrighty then. [WaPo]
- Danny Briere has been there and done that, and has some advice for Mike Green. [CSNW]
- Wish Mike well here. [DSP]
- Michal Neuvirth gets his propers. [WashTimes, WaPo]
- “A” is for Attaboy. [WashTimes]
- Scoring the game winner on Les Habitants in Montréal in front of family and friends is pretty encroyable. Olé olé olé. [WashTimes]
- The Caps’ next visit to Montréal will feature Alex Ovechkin co-hosting a charity event with Max Pacioretty and Vlad Tretiak. [NHL.com]
- Shoot. The. Puck. [Eye on Hockey, Peerless]
- Piecing the puzzle. [Caps OT]
- Reality check. [Blonde Girl’s Guide]
- Evgeny Kuznetsov is getting ready for the KHL All-Star Game by practicing his showboating. [RMNB, Puck Daddy]
- Broadcasters in the news:
- Joe Beninati, Craig Laughlin, and Alan May have gotten the nod to call the AHL All-Star Game in Atlantic City. [SHoE]
- John Walton will be calling the NBC Sports Friday Night Ice game between Harvard and Yale on January 27. [@WaltonCaps]
- And old friend Steve Kolbe has found a new broadcast home, as he is now The Voice of the Jacksonville Suns. [DC Sports Bog]
- When there’s no hard Caps news, folks head to teh Twitterz to amuse themselves. [KOL]
- Finally, he just needed to play his game. Sigh. [WaPo (and related, Peerless)]