Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s regulation loss to the Wings from us (recap, QuickCap), Vogs, Monumental video (Trotz, Holtby, Ward, Niskanen, Brouwer), NHL.com, PHT, AP, SBNation, WaPo, CSNW, Peerless, Frankovic, DSP (plus three stars), RMNB, BrooksLaichyear, Talk the Red, Kukla’s Korner, and Winging It In Motown.
- Evgeny Kuznetsov found the back of the net this night. [theScore, RMNB, Monumental, Capitals Voice (Walton Call)]
- Jason Chimera‘s nose had an unfortunate run-in with an opponent’s visor. Here are some links, though we don’t really recommend clicking. [SB Nation, CSNW, WaPo]
- Congrats are in order for Matt Niskanen, on the occasion of his 500th NHL game. Here’s to number 501 being more memorable. [CSNW]
- Alex Ovechkin was in the pink, sartorially… [Caps Outsider]
- … but scorially, not so much. [PHT, WaPo]
- A terrible, horrible, no good, very bad penalty call. [SB Nation]
- Oh hai there, Olie Kolzig tribute… [Monumental (video)]
- … and Nicklas Backstrom 500th point tribute. [Monumental (video)]
- Ginger beards go great with purple jerseys. [Caps Outsider, RMNB, our 8-bit Lines]
- The national media was in full effect for Rivalry Wednesday:
- So coach, how about Mike Green ? [NHL.com]
- So coach, how about Nick Backstrom? [NHL.com]
- So coach, how about those pesky corsis? [Over the Boards]
- So coach, how about that blueline, eh? [PHT]
- So coach, how about your relationship with Ovi? [Rink]
- Y’know, Ovi hasn’t eggzackly been lighting it up this year. [∞]
- Speaking of Ovi, tell us about that big Olympic fail. [PHT]
- So Tom Wilson, how was your time in the minors? [SI]
- So Mike Milbury, how about you just shut yer piehole? [F Street Faithful]
- News and notes from the morning skate:
- In general. [Monumental video (Caps Report, Two-Man Advantage, Rinkside Update/Schmidt, Trotz, Ovi, Niskanen)]
- Andre Burakovsky ‘s red sweater was extra red with his promotion to the top line. [WaPo]
- Hershey update:
- Having aced his citizenship test, Troy Mann is proud to be an American. #merica [Patriot-News]
- Goalie Eddie Pasquale will be off-ice indefinitely and indeed has returned to Canada to rehab his most recent hip surgery. [Patriot-News]
- Today in “Trade Mike Green,” Colorado Avalanche edition. [ESPN $, HNGN]
- The roundtable wraps up: How many games will Brooks Laich play in this season? And pick a kid, any kid. [DSP and again]
- Speaking of Brooks, America’s Top Disability Insurance Lawyer sincerely hopes the premiums were all paid up when Laich left the ice in pain. [Press Release]
- Finally, happy 37th birthday to Ivan Ciernik, happy 31st to Sean Collins, happy 47th to Pat Elynuik, happy 62nd to Ron Lalonde, and happy 30th to Tyson Strachan.