Your savory Saturday brunch links:
- Japers’ Rink Radio hits the interwaves today at 10am Eastern. Pepper and Russell welcome Flames beat writer (Calgary Herald) Vicki Hall and Caps beat writer (Washington Post) Katie Carrera to the show. [JRR]
- Previews of tonight’s throwdown with the Flames from Vogs, NHL.com, Peerless, RtR, Calgary Herald and STATS LLC, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner Matchsticks and Gasoline for more coverage from the other side of tonight’s match up.
- Congratulations are in order for Mike Knuble, who will suit up for the 900th time in the NHL tonight. Let’s make it a good one, boys. [Caps Today]
- After a disappointing performance in Minny, there are options – bag skate or video lecture? Coach makes his choice. [Caps Insider]
- Alex Ovechkin might have preferred the bag skate. [Alex Ovetjkin]
- Oh, and consider yourselves warned. [Calgary Herald]
- Ten games into the season, where do the Caps stand? [Dump ‘n’ Chase]
- Peerless preaches patience. Well, mostly. [Peerless]
- It’s hard to fly under the radar when you’re six foot six, but Jeff Schultz makes it look easy. [WaPo]
- Hmmm. Should Braden Holtby have gotten the net against the Wild? [50 Mission Caps]
- A new Flame has a Caps connection (namely he’s the son of the worst single-season plus-minus in NHL history). [FanHouse]
- Finally, happy 58th birthday to Ron LaLonde, happy 43rd birthday to Pat Elynuik, happy 33rd birthday to Ivan Ciernik, and happy 27th birthday to Sean Collins.