Your savory breakfast links:

• The lockout, it lingers:
  • The Bettman has suggested a two-week moratorium on negotiations. The NHLPA is expected to respond sometime today. [ESPN, Puck Daddy]
  • "Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives." Clearly, a Cheerless production. [Peerless]
    
  • The floggings lockout will continue until morale improves. [Sporting News, Winnipeg Free Press]
  • The players - generally optimistic. The owners - largely not. But why? [Puck Daddy]
  • In which even the owners may be writing their legacies with this lockout... if you're willing to take a logical leap or two. [THN]
  • The damage may be permanent. Gulp. [ESPN, Blue Jackets Xtra]
  • 1... 2... 3... All your fault! [Montreal Gazette, Backhand Shelf, Toronto Star]
• Okay, enough unpleasantness.
  
  • Dedicated Dmitry Orlov is dedicated. [RMNB]
  • Stanislav Galiev has been recalled to Hershey ... [Patriot-News]
  • ... and Ryan Potulny looks to be returning from sick bay. [Ibid]
• When the lockout ends, Nicklas Backstrom is ready to wear #19 again. [Alex Ovetjkin]
  
• No, KHL, you may not keep Alex Ovechkin for a post-lockout souvenir. [SB Nation DC]
• Olie Kolzig gives his State of Caps Goaltending Address. [Capitals Voice (audio)]
• Don Cherry is just like Dale Hunter. Practically twins, even. Ask anyone. [Globe & Mail]
• Kelly and Kip Miller's brother Kevin is in a bit of hot water for finishing his check in a game in Switzerland 12 years ago. [PHT]
• #needsmoreweagles [RMNB]
  
• Happy 34th birthday to Josh Green.
• Finally, SB Nation loves you and wants to make you happy, to which end they will hook one winner up with a sweet 'lectronics package and fan cave makeover.** Good luck! [SB Nation]


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