Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps of a loss from us, Vogs, Monumental video (Trotz, Holtby, Backstrom, Wilson, Niskanen), NHL.com, AP, WaPo (gamer), CSNW (gamer, blog), DSP (plus three stars), Stars and Sticks, RMNB and from the Canes’ end of the ice, Canes Country and the News & Observer.
- News and notes from yesterday’s pregame skate:
- In general. [Dump ‘n Chase, Monumental video (Two-Man Advantage, Trotz, Rinkside Update/Carlson)]
- A soft schedule could put the Caps in a dangerous situation. You don’t say. [WaPo]
- The power play got some tweaks. [WaPo]
- March 2 draws near. Time for some trading posts:
- Trade rumo(u)rs around the Lig, assembled. [SB Nation]
- The winding hockey road for Jaromir Jagr takes another turn. [Peerless]
- Oh, snap. Patrick Sharp in Caps red? The rumo(u)rs, they tease:
- It all started here. [@ChrisKuc]
- And then everyone talked about it. [SB Nation, Second City Hockey, Eye on Hockey, theScore, Stars and Sticks, Sportsnet]
- Alan May, Mr. Deadline Day. He has the distinction of being the most-traded player in the history of the NHL’s Deadline Day. [TSN]
- Heh. Kerry Fraser springboards off the Caps-Pens bench brawl to reminisce about his early days reffing in the IHL, and brawls gone by. [TSN]
- Finally, Pascal Dupuis writes, very movingly, about the diagnosis, treatment, and aftermath of the medical condition that may keep him off the ice permanently. [The Players Tribune]