Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight’s game featuring the NHL’s top two post-lockout scorers (and two of the top three goal-getters) from Vogs, NHL.com, Peerless, Cap Centre and Hockey Mom, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner Fear The Fin for pregame coverage from the other side of tonight’s match up.
- Since he “finally” scored a goal, it’s ok to write about Mike Green again. [Sporting News, Washington Post]
- The answer to our “sell outs” question from a couple of days ago? [Washington Times]
- David Steckel‘s 66.7% success rate in the faceoff circle leads the League (minimum 28 faceoffs), and he talks a bit about the art of the draw with Vogs. [Caps365 (video)]
- The Caps are “sometimes brain dead but always talented.” Sigh. [Sporting News]
- Great stuff (from the photo on down) in this Brooks Laich interview. [Homer McFanboy]
- Mike Knuble‘s fitting in well with his new team… [Homer McFanboy]
- … as is the top line’s new pivot, Brendan Morrison. [Washington Times]
- Pictures from yesterday’s practice. [Caps In Pictures]
- So the nerds (term of affection, believe me) have set the over/under for Alex Ovechkin goals this season at 56.6. Which way are you betting? [Puck Prospectus]
- Greatest Cap of All-Time: Keith Jones. [ESPN]
- Michael Nylander for Tomas Kaberle? That makes a lot of sense… for… um…. [Hockey Independent, FanPost]
- Voice of the Bears John Walton will be hosting a live chat on Comcast SportsNet during tonight’s game, so if you’ve got Hershey-related questions, here’s a great opportunity to get ’em answered. [CSN Washington]
- Speaking of radio voices, Steve Kolbe did a podcast-y spot with Dirk Hoag last night. [On The Forecheck]
- Five questions for the ECHL Kelly Cup champion Stingrays. [The Post and Courier]
- Get to know Caps prospect Phil DeSimone. [Foster’s Daily Democrat]
- “An Ovechkin-Crosby hybrid.” Yeah, that’s not over-hyping a kid. [Sportsnet.ca]
- Matt Pettinger is trying to make it back to the NHL and has signed a PTO with Manitoba of the AHL (where he’ll join former Caps properties Daren Machesney, Lawrence Nycholat and Nolan Baumgartner). [Winnipeg Sun]