Your savory breakfast links:
- The latest labor-related news, non-news and assorted whatnot:
- Late Thursday night, the League presented the Union with a new offer. [ESPN (and again), Globe and Mail, Puck Daddy (and again), USAToday, THN, WashTimes, WaPo, CSNW, Sporting News, PHT, Ottawa Sun, The Book]
- The devil is in the details, so presumably he’s here. [ESPN, BoC]
- You didn’t expect the Players to accept the proposal as-is, did you? [CBC, KK]
- But the two sides will chat this morning. [@DarrenDreger]
- At least we know Troy Brouwer‘s mouth is in mid-season form. [CSNW]
- Imagine there’s no entry draft… I wonder if you can… All prospects, free agents… The highest bidder for each man. [Hockey Prospectus]
- Is this finally a final final offer? Somehow, we doubt it. [Peerless]
- At the end of the day, is this all simply one man trying to squeeze another’s grapes? [Spector’s Hockey]
- Donald Fehr may have met his match… Donald Fehr. [THN]
- Swapping out Winnipeg for C’bus? Don’t mind if you do… [PHT]
- We’re a mere 11 months away from Alex Ovechkin growing a mustache. [RMNB]
- Hockey haunches? [Alex Ovetjkin]
- The latest from Hershey… [Patriot-News]
- … where Braden Holtby is taking it outside. [SHoE]
- Sergei Kostenko made his pro debut for Reading last night and won. [Capitals Outsider, RMNB]
- Chatting with Riley Barber‘s Miami University coach, Rico Blasi. [Capitals Voice]
- Notes from Day Three at Worlds. [Hockey Prospectus]
- Finally, happy 31st birthday, Jakub Cutta.