Your savory breakfast links:
- If you missed any of this weekend’s Clips, un-miss them here.
- The Week That Was, Volume 16. [Peerless, RMNB]
- Five thoughts on Saturday’s win. [WaPo]
- Guess what? The National Hockey League player “most valuable to his team” is still Alex Ovechkin. Full stop. [Frankovic]
- One win was nice, but there isn’t time to bask in the glow. Gotta put some points in the bank. [Ted’s Take]
- Okay, maybe bask a little. And then build. [WaPo]
- Happy team, happy dads. [CSNW]
- Solid defensive work on Saturday led to opportunity for offense. [CSNW]
- Here’s an interesting #CapsDevils postmortem, from the Jersey point of view. [In Lou We Trust]
- Back to Ovi, renowned urban artist Madsteez gave us a preview of his latest masterween – the Gr8, ten feet tall, day-glo purple, and utterly appropriate. [@madsteez]
- In today’s Olympic news, Nicklas Bäckström chatted with Swedish media about the upcoming Olympics and his life as a new dad. Plus Calle Johansson added his thoughts on Bäckis. [HockeyRamblings]
- Have the Winter Class and Stadium Series games made you more excited for next New Year’s Day? [Caps Outsider]
- The Hershey Bears had a whale of a weekend, with three victories including Philipp Grubauer‘s shutout of the Baby Pens. Head coach Mike Haviland had a minor medical leave of absence on Sunday, which meant assistant coach Ryan Mougenel became the bench boss and blueliner Patrick Wellar got a battlefield promotion to defensive coordinator. One look at this video and you’ll know that Coach Wellar is NOT a man to be trifled with. [Patriot-News, SHoE]
- A quick look at some of the Caps’ prospects:
- Andre Burakovsky returned from injury with something to prove, and notched 2 goals and 3 assists in 2 games. The folks back home call that a poängfest. [@ErieOtters]
- Riley Barber, man of letter. [@SchmittyTheDawg]
- Madison Bowey is having himself a campaign. 56 even-strength goals-for have been scored while he was on the ice and go here and have a look at the stats from last season to this season. [Regan’s Rant]
- Why the Stadium Series has us jonesing for the Winter Classic. [Caps Outsider]
- Finally, happy 48th birthday to Michal Pivonka, and happy 30th birthday to DJ King.
