Your savory breakfast links:
- Great players make those around them better, and Alex Ovechkin is (was?) making Brooks Orpik look as good as he’s gonna look. [Rink]
- In fact, the forwards, in general, are doing their part. [Rink]
- Another couple of wins, another bunch of up arrows (and a few downers). [Rink]
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s come-from-behind-loss (it’s a thing) from us, Vogs, Monumental video (Trotz, Ovechkin, Holtby, Laich, Fehr), NHL.com, WaPo, CSNW gamer, blog), Peerless, RMNB, DSP (gamer, three stars), Stars and Sticks and BrooksLaichyear.
- Updates from yesterday’s morning skate:
- In general. [Monumental video (Trotz, Holtby, Backstrom, Carlson, Two-Man Advantage), Dump ‘N Chase, WaPo, CSNW]
- Nate Schmidt isn’t playing, but he’s staying positive… probably positive that he should be playing. [WaPo]
- The Winter Classic is nearly upon us. Here’s what’s what from Monday:
- Whether the weather be cold, or whether the weather be hot, we’ll be together whatever the weather, weather we like it or not. [Monumental (video), Capital Weather Gang, PHT]
- Capitol Dome, Reflecting Pool… awesome. [DC Sports Bog, CSNW]
- You knew that a Classic in D.C. would be heavily laden with patriotism, and having Bob McDonald, Caleb Green and the rest of the Army Chorus sing the anthem is a perfect way to hit all the right notes there. [RMNB]
- Lee Greenwood? Not so much. [RMNB, Music News Nashville]
- Where to eat, drink and be merry before and after the game… [WaPo]
- … and maybe the night before. [RMNB]
- His mailing address may have changed, but Barry Trotz is still Barry Trotz. [NHL.com]
- Here’s an idea: optimize the top line. [Stars and Sticks]
- The power, it is ranked. [ESPN, SB Nation, The Score]
- Apparently 2014 wasn’t all that memorable. [DC Sports Bog]
- Connor Carrick is doing some things in Hershey. [Patriot-News]
- I read the news today, oh boy, about a lucky man who owns the Caps. [SI.com]