Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of the soirĂ©e in Sunrise from Vogs, NHL.com and Peerless, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partners over at Litter Box Cats for more from the other side of tonight’s match-up.
- Notes and assorted whatnot from the off-day:
- Hello, again, hello … [WaPo]
- … looks like you’ve chopped your flow. [DC Sports Bog]
- Just give him the damn ball already. [WashTimes, WaPo]
- Jack Hillen, confidence man. [Capitals Voice (audio), and Caps Minute]
- Here come the Capitals. Wait, what? [ESPN]
- A few more bits-n-bytes in discussion of the trade for Martin Erat. [On the Forecheck, OFB, Homer McFanboy, Smashville 24/7]
- Oh, and about this Michael Latta kid … [RMNB, Hockey Gal Milwaukee]
- ‘Twas D-Day at Caps HQ as the organ-i-zation announced signings of two defensemen. [CSNW]
- Patrick Wey has inked his two-year ELC with the Caps. Our SB Nation buddies tell us we’re getting a good one. [BC Interruption, @WashCaps, RMNB]
- Hershey blueliner Julien Brouillette has earned his first-ever NHL contract – a one year, two-way deal for the 2013-14 season. Huzzah! [Patriot-News]
- Down a level, Tomas Kundratek (two goals) and Dmitry Orlov (one assist) picked up their game and came out hard for the Hershey Bears, who defeated the Syracuse Crunch 4-1. [Patriot News, SHoE]
- The Reading Royals were victorious in the first game of the first round of the Kelly Cup playoffs with a 1-0 win over the Greenville Road Warriors… [Reading Eagle]
- … who may very well have been blinded by these. [@RRoyalsHockey]
- Finally, happy 34th birthday to Matt Yeats (Yahtzee!), happy 42nd to Trevor Halverson, and happy 43rd birthday to Coach Kolzig.