Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on a lopsided win for the Caps from us, Vogs, Monumental video (Caps: Trotz, Orlov, Carlson, Holtby, Chimera, Schmidt, highlights; Avs: Roy, Pickard, Martinsen), NHL.com, AP, WaPo, CSNMA, Frankovic, DSP, RMNB, Stars and Sticks, Denver Post (and again), and Mile High Hockey.
- Having had his first goal of the season washed out (thanks, Sharks), Dmitry Orlov had a new plan: hide the puck in his pants. It worked. [CBS Sports, CSNMA, Stars and Sticks, RMNB]
- Jarome Iginla decided to go after Tom Wilson, for some inexplicable reason, and Wilson ended up getting handed a penalty for nothing… which, let’s be honest, is slightly less inexplicable. [RMNB
- Isn’t there some unwritten rule about former goalies throwing current ones under the bus? Patrick Roy follows no such rule. [NBC Sports]
- Starting a fight with Michael Latta after getting knocked down by a clean hit will just get you knocked down again. [The Score]
- News and notes from yesterday’s pregame skate:
- In general. [Dump ‘n Chase, Monumental video (Trotz, Galiev, Rinkside Update/Trotz)]
- Citing the need for more production from the young Swede, Andre Burakovsky sat out last night in favor of Stanislav Galiev. [WaPo, CSNMA]
- Also on the sidelines? Brooks Orpik, who was out for a fifth straight game with a nagging lower-body injury. [WaPo]