Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight’s soiree with the Stars from Vogs, NHL.com and Peerless, and be sure to check out our SB Nation pals over at Defending Big D for the other side of tonight’s matchup.
- The Caps had yesterday off, but will be back out at Kettler at 10:00 AM for the morning skate. Your Capitals Minute for today. [Capitals Voice]
- Some leftovers from Sunday night’s loss to the Predators. [WaPo, CSNW]
- Breaking: the Caps haven’t been good at five-on-five for a while now. (Alternatively, “Broken: the Caps at five-on-five). [Examiner]
- Part of the reason? Alex Ovechkin skating with Jay Beagle is still a thing. [RMNB]
- And speaking of Ovechkin, Mike Milbury has set a pretty high bar for his vitriolic and oft-moronic trashing of the Caps’ captain, but he’s once again managed to clear it. [DC Sports Bog, Puck Daddy]
- The time for moral victories has long since passed. [CSNW]
- Three teams, two chairs… who’s left standing when the music stops? [Grantland, CSNW, Pensburgh]
- Hope you’ve been enjoying all of the free hockey. [Rink]
- Yes, the Caps made the right call by keeping Tom Wilson up with the big club this year… just ask ’em! [CSNW]
- Looking ahead to the offseason, is Jaroslav Halak making decision-making difficult? [DSP]
- If only Patrick Wey could pick fight partners like he can pick NCAA hockey games. [DC Sports Bog]
- Cool timelapse of Verizon Center going from hoops to pucks and back. [Monumental (video)]
- Hershey readies for a roadie. [Patriot-News (with more here)]
- Philipp Grubauer on his rise through the ranks (and more Bears notes). [LDN]
- Brett Leonhardt gets some one-of-a-kind cardboard. [Upper Deck Blog (h/t @CapsCardboard)]
- Finally, happy 33rd birthday to Nolan Yonkman and Scott Stevens hits the big 5-0 today (hope it had its head up). No foolin’.