Your savory breakfast links:
- Your Capitals Minute for today. [Capitals Voice]
- Bartender, I’ll have another. [Rink]
- Looks like the Caps need to pull on their big boy breezers … again. [NBC4]
- Getting the power play back on track would be a great first step. [WaPo]
- And perhaps the goalies need a bit more seasoning. [WashTimes]
- Of course goals from Mike Green are always a good thing. [RMNB]
- F-16 is getting the chance to spread his wings this season. [NHL.com]
- I originally read this headline as “humps,” which would have been all kinds of awkward. [Sporting News]
- If Martin Erat and Dmitry Orlov are in fact traded, what return should the team expect? [CSNW]
- Tournament time!
- Congrats to Riley Barber, Connor Carrick and Thomas DiPauli, who have all been named to the preliminary Team USA roster. [USA Hockey, United States of Hockey (and again), NHL.com, RMNB, Patriot-News]
- Team Sweden will be announcing its preliminary roster this morning. Andre Burakovsky and Christian Djoos are expected to be among the invitees. [Hockey Sverige (link in Svensk)]
- John Carlson‘s name is in the mix for the US men’s Olympic team. Not yet a lock, but there certainly is interest. [Eye on Hockey, USA Today]
- Finally, Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada is being hosted in Lloydminster this year, and Braden Holtby‘s mother Tami will be featured in the “Stolen From a Hockey Card” concert. [CBC, Island Sports News]