Your savory breakfast links:

• The latest labor-related news, non-news and assorted whatnot:
  • "All in favor, say aye." The members of the NHLPA overwhelmingly voted to authorize their executive board to issue a disclaimer of interest. We're officially in uncharted waters, folks. [USA Today, TribLive, @DamoSpin]
  • "Who cares!" Something called Fizziology is tracking what teh Twitterz are saying about the lockout. [Forbes]
    • New Jersey governor Chris Christie cares ... [Kukla]
    • ... and so does Fitch, the company that issues credit ratings for publicly-funded stadia. [Business Wire]
    • Obligatory fan reax bullet. [USA Today, NBC4]
• A soft deadline for canceling the season final lockout showdown has been set. In the meantime...[Yahoo! Sports]
  • Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom continue killing it in the K. [KHL.ru, RMNB]
    
  • Joey Crabb and a few other Alaska NHLers are killing it in the E. [NatPo]
    
  • John Carlson, Brooks Laich, Jason Chimera, Jay Beagle, Jeff Halpern, and Peter Bondra (!) are killing time at Kettler. [Hockey Shopped]
    
• Why a short season is doable. [Globe and Mail]
• Crystal ping-pong ballin' a season-less draft lottery. [RtR]
• That Caps @ Bruins Game 7 was quite photogenic. [SI, NBC4]
• World Juniors update:
  • Finland-USA friendly/tournament tune-up match begins at 6:30am Eastern, and should air live and again at 1:00pm on NHLNet. [HF Boards]
  • On Riley Barber's Christmas wish list: a gold medal sandwich from Primanti's. Priorities! [Team USA]
  • Filip Forsberg will need to make a great leap forward. [Yahoo.ca]
    
• Finally, vote. For us. Now. Yes, you. [WaPo]