Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s big comeback win from Corey (blog, article), Tarik (blog, article), Vogs, Peerless, Washington Examiner, Cult of Hockey and The Copper and Blue.
- Alex Ovechkin “might come across as a rodeo clown” at times (per a guy who’s from a town that knows rodeo), but let the rest of the world underestimate his intelligence at their peril. [Edmonton Journal]
- Amidst the AO media blitz that has engulfed the team for the past few days, it’s good to see Nicklas Backstrom get some well deserved ink (err, pixels). [Edmonton Sun]
- Did I mention the AO media blitz? [Edmonton Sun]
- Reunited and it feels so good… since the Caps got the win. [Washington Times]
- Tom Poti calls Alex Burrows a diver… post-game, where he can’t get the additional two minutes for unsportsmanlike (i.e. where such comments belonged). [Canwest]
- “Sources say” that if Atlanta decides to deal Ilya Kovalchuk, the Caps will be among the half-dozen teams most aggressively pursuing a trade for the Russian superstar. [Ottawa Sun]
- Hey, have you heard the one about how the Caps have crappy defensemen and lousy goaltending? [The Hockey News]
- Given the last bullet point, it’s pretty incredible that the Caps are 11th in the League in team GAA and give up the 12th-fewest shots per game, isn’t it?
- Finally, happy 59th birthday to Bill Clement (and his hands of cement).