Your savory breakfast links:

• Alex Ovechkin, meet glass. Glass, meet Alex O... oh. Right. [Puck Daddy, CSNW, RMNB, Alex Ovetjkin, USA Today]
  
  • Aftermath. [Sportbox]
• Oh, and you'll want to read the Captain's comments about the CBA negotiations. Until you actually read them, that is. Then you won't. [SportsNet.ca, TSN.ca, RMNB]
• Wojtek Wolski remembers where he came from, even if he really hasn't been here ... [Shelf 3D]
  • ... awwwww. He's making his mama happy. [eSanok (pics)]
• Nicklas Backstrom dishes to the Russian press. Forward! [Alex Ovetjkin]
• According to this handy NHL-on-European-holiday tracker, Ovi is doing just fine, Brooks Laich is pretty good, and Michal Neuvirth is ... gulp. [Dirty Dangle]
• Fifteen goals mark a new scoring record for a Hershey home opener, but the Bears came up on the short end of an 8-7 (ugh) final versus the Rochester Americans. [Gamesheet, Glove & Blogger, Patriot-News, Dump 'n' Chase, SHoE, Caps Outsider]
  • The Bears auctioned off their jerseys post-game, and Stanislav Galiev's sweater edged out that of Dmitry Orlov. [@M_Ann]
    
• In which the Caps lose to the Habs twice on the same night without ever taking the ice. [Montreal Gazette, Peerless]
• Finally, Troy Brouwer is enjoying his first week as a new papa. [CSNW]