Your savory breakfast links:

• Notes and assorted whatnot from yesterday's practice at Kettler:
  • In general. [Caps365 video (Hunter, Ovechkin, Knuble, Backstrom), 106.7 The Fan, RtR]
  • The most welcome news of all - Nicklas Backstrom suited up and participated fully in the practice. [WaPo (and again), WashTimes (and again), CSNW]
  • The most entertaining news of all - Karl Alzner apparently lost a bet (and is a man of his word). Oh, Canada. [WaPo, WashTimes, Alex Ovetjkin, CSNW, RMNB, Caps365 (video)]
• On the road again and into hostile territory. [Caps OT, KoL, DCEx, Dump 'n Chase]
• A look at Alex Ovechkin 's captaincy, two years in... [WashTimes]
• ... and his current scoring streak, seven games in. [Backhand Shelf, DCEx, NHL.com]
• If Mike Knuble says "Beer me," get the man a frosty one and pull up a stool. [Backhand Shelf]
• Getting to know Mathieu Perreault. [NBC Washington]
• The Hershey Bears are preparing for their Outdoor Classic:
  • Practice update. [Patriot-News]
  • All hands on deck. [Patriot-News]
  • Just another day at the rink. [Caps Outsider]
  • Looking to shatter an attendance record. [PA Puck]
  • "Look ma, I'm on the teevee!" [PA Puck]
  • Soaking it all in. [Patriot-News]
• Congratulations to Evgeny Kuznetsov and Team Russia, who take home the world junior silver medal after an overtime 1-0 loss to Team Sweden (and Kuzya has plenty of other hardware to show for his time in Alberta as well). [RMNB]
• Finally, happy 36th birthday to Richard Zednik and happy 57th to Alex Forsythe.