Your savory breakfast links:
- The latest labor-related news, non-news and assorted whatnot:
- It’s the biggest day yet in negotiations, and Federal mediators are on-hand to help the proceedings. (If it sounds familiar, that’s because it’s pretty much what everyone was saying two weeks ago.) [ESPN, TSN, Y!, CSNW, WashTimes, WaPo, USA Today, CBS]
- 30 Thoughts gets its own bullet. Happy Hanukkah. [CBC]
- What’s the difference between decertification and a disclaimer of interest? Study hard – there’ll be a pop quiz on this information at some point. [TSN]
- Speaking of lawyering lawyers lawyerly lawyering, here’s the kind of litigious goodness that 1L’s dream about over beers. [Puck Daddy]
- Wanna troll hockey fans? Put Gary Bettman in the Hall of Fame… [canada.com]
- … or let him Commissioner your league for two decades. Happy Anniversary! [Puck Daddy]
- As for Bettman’s opposite number, Donald Fehr, he’s just doin’ his thing. (Read this.) [Grantland]
- Here’s your timeline for the next few weeks – plan accordingly. [National Post]
- Sideshow Hartnell tattoos “The Hamrlik, The” on his chest. Metaphorically speaking, that is. [CSN Philly]
- How’s that draft sked lookin’? [SB Nation DC]
- On the plus side, Brooks Laich may get to represent his country other than after the Caps have been eliminated from the playoffs. [WTOP]
- Related: are the Olympics off the table? [TFP]
- In case you’re wondering how the not-yet-die-hard fans are taking the lockout… [Caps Basketball]
- Alex Ovechkin lends his sweet, sweet singing voice to
a benefit track for a kid that fell in a wellan ad for Sochi. [RMNB] - A lost Olie Kolzig interview is found, which is like stumbling upon four never-before-heard tracks from Exile on Main St. Sorta. [Dump ‘n Chase]
- Spotlight on Craig Laughlin. [Capitals]
- Twitter update: Matt Hendricks is in, Karl Alzner is out. [Capitals Outsider, Capitals Outsider]
- Counting down the top Bears moments of 2012… [SHoE]
- … which doesn’t include last night’s 32-save effort from Braden Holtby in a 2-1 win on the road. [Patriot-News]
- Leftover thoughts on the AHL Showcase. [RtR]
- Tom Wilson mugs for the camera for all of Canada to see. [Toronto Sun, with more on the scrimmage at TSN (video)… and hey, look, Team Canada had a guest coach]
- Finally, if you’re the book-buyin’ type, here are some suggestions (and even if you don’t know how to read, man, what a lead image… of course, you couldn’t have just read that either). [SI]