Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight’s quest for cloture from Vogs, NHL.com and Peerless, and be sure to check out our SB Nation pals over at Silver Seven for more from the other side of tonight’s match-up.
- Could Ottawa’s Erik Karlsson take the ice tonight? It’s not impossible – he’s been practicing fully and is on the trip with the team. [CSNW]
- Notes and assorted whatnot from yesterday out at Kettler: Joel Ward skated, Brooks Laich did not, and the team announced a pair of signings. [Monumental video (Rinkside Update, Oates, Brouwer, Green, Ovechkin), WaPo, Scorlov on Flickr (pics)]
- The Caps announced two year extensions for Eric Fehr and Aaron Volpatti. [Rink, Monumental video (Fehr, Volpatti), Dump ‘n’ Chase, WaPo, WashTimes (and again, NBC4]
- Related: Volpatti, former Brown University Bruin, is numbered among hockey’s brainiest brawlers – the Ivy Leaguers who know how to drop ’em. [TSN (video)]
- In which Alex Ovechkin slyly trolls all of his many critics … [WaPo, CSNW]
- … even as he sets up to become Arlington’s most famous virtual statue. Lights, camera, cellphone, QR code, Ovi! [Alex Ovetjkin, WJLA]
- The Caps announced two year extensions for Eric Fehr and Aaron Volpatti. [Rink, Monumental video (Fehr, Volpatti), Dump ‘n’ Chase, WaPo, WashTimes (and again, NBC4]
- Southeast Division Champions forever, however improbably. By which we mean gloriously. [Rink, SB Nation, CSNW, WashTimes, Homer McFanboy]
- Adam Oates: Validated. [TSN, NHL.com]
- Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. Revisiting the season’s gloom-and-doom prognostications. [RMNB, On Frozen Blog, DC Sports Bog]
- The unsung heroes who stepped it up in Jets-Caps receive their propers:
- John Erskine gets his star turn… [HNIC Radio (audio), DCEx, WashTimes]
- … though his coach was none too happy that the Lumberjack needed to make those saves. [NHL Live (audio)]
- Matt Hendricks gave a post-game interview for the ages… [DC Sports Bog]
- … and dance lessons to his teammates. [Caps BBall]
- Say hey and take a bow, Mathieu Perreault. [Caps Outsider]
- Welcome, Wagons! [WaPo, DCEx]
- … and the most underrated pleasure in hockey – the elusive empty netter, Ovi-style. [Backhand Shelf]
- The players vow to keep their game faces on … [WashTimes]
- … as they wait for the playoff seedings to sort themselves out. [Rink, CSNW, SB Nation]
- Some of the lads will be signing autographs tomorrow, for a small consideration. [DSP]
- Finally, enjoy the final minutes of Jets-Caps, as seen from the stands. [Jon Sorensen on YouTube]