Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings from last night’s shootout win from us (with quotes, and look for Clyde’s pics later), Vogs, Monumental video (Oates, Holtby, Green, players), NHL.com, AP, SportsXchange, WaPo, WashTimes, CSNW (blog, Joe B), DCEx, Frankovic, Peerless, RMNB and DSP, and for the view from Long Island, New York Newsday, Islanders Point Blank and our SB Nation pals over at Lighthouse Hockey.
- So how did the new guy do in his first taste of Caps hockey? [RMNB]
- They may have won, but it potentially came with a cost, as Brooks Laich took a puck in the…er, nether regions… and eventually left the game. [WaPo, WashTimes]
- That shootout goal by Alex Ovechkin was pretty gosh darn sweet. [Caps Basketball]
- The Caps saluted the military at last night’s game, which included an appearance by some members of the USA Warriors sled hockey team [Caps Outsider (and again), RMNB]
- More about the move that brought Martin Erat to Washington:
- Now that the dust has settled on the trade, it’s time to do what we all do best: dissect and
over-analyze. [ESPN (and more on Forsberg), WaPo, WashTimes (and again), Sporting News, WNST, NBCW, Homer McFanboy, DCEx, Hockey Prospectus, Peerless, Mr. Irrelevant] - The man himself talks about the move (and suits up for his first practice) [WaPo, WashTimes(and more from his new teammates), CSNW, Monumental video]
- …as does Filip Forsberg, who was pretty shocked by the trade. Join the club, Filip. [Alex Ovetjkin, RMNB]
- Now that the dust has settled on the trade, it’s time to do what we all do best: dissect and
- Erat’s certainly not the first member of the organization – on the ice and behind the bench – to be part of a deadline deal. [Dump ‘n Chase]
- Down on the farm, Tomas Kundratek has rejoined the Hershey Bears for the first time since December, and Michael Latta is set to join them for the first time ever. [PennLive (and again, plus Kundratek video)]
- The Caps are talking contract extension with Matt Hendricks. Hooray, more of the Paralyzer!! [WashTimes]
- Mike Green finally gets a haircut. Why? Because his helmet didn’t fit. Sounds familiar. [Caps Outsider]
- Someone who won’t be getting a haircut anytime soon – or at least cutting the hair on his face – is this fan, who refuses to shave until a DC team wins a championship. Make your own jokes. [Bog]