Your savory breakfast links:
- The Caps have scored plenty this season, and for the first time in a long while they’re getting plenty of help from the blueline. [Rink]
- Glenn Healy calls Alex Ovechkin “uncoachable” and insults his mother, while Nick Kypreos calls Ovechkin dumb. So it’s true – those who can, do. Those who can’t… go on TV and say mean, moronic things. [Puck Daddy, WaPo, SI.com]
- After 15 years of working together, Barry Trotz and Mitch Korn have a relationship built on trust. And tiny pucks. [CSNW]
- 30 Thoughts, great as always. [Sportsnet]
- With a couple of days off before their next game, the Caps went from the rink to the sheet, embarking on a little team bonding by way of a curling tournament. Sweeeeep! [Monumental (video, pictures), WaPo, CSNW, RMNB]
- Ovechkin (and Evgeny Kuznestov) must know it’s Cowboys week. [Instagram]
- For Jay Beagle, Saturday’s game will be more than just a homecoming – it’ll be the first time he plays in front of the hometown crowd as an NHLer. [CSNW (video)]
- Check out the lavender lids that Braden Holtby and Justin Peters will be sporting Wednesday night as part of the NHL’s Hockey Fights Cancer initiative. [Caps OT]
- Checking in with the Bears:
- Hershey will wear some pretty snazzy throwback sweaters when they take the ice for their home opener this weekend. [Patriot-News]
- After five years apart, the Pennsylvania Triangle is back together as the Flyers‘ AHL club, the Phantoms, puts down roots in Lehigh Valley. [Patriot-News]
- Speaking of Lehigh Valley, they’ll be the opponent for Tom Wilson‘s first rehab start, where he’s expected to get between 8-10 minutes. [Patriot-News]
- A few leftovers from Wednesday night’s loss, the first regulation loss of the season for the Caps. [WaPo, CSNW]
- More on Nicklas Backstrom‘s milestone night that saw him earn his 500th-career point in his 501st game. [Rink, WaPo]
- Just when you thought Ovechkin’s date with one of his biggest little fans couldn’t be cuter, we get the extended cut. [Monumental video (part 1, part 2)]