Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s win from us, Vogs, NHL.com (Masisak), WaPo (Carrera: blog, gamer), DCEX (McNally: blog, gamer), CSN Washington (Beninati), Caps365 video (Boudreau, players), Peerless, Frankovic, RMNB, OFB, KOL, SB Nation DC, Puckhead, Capitals News Network, StC, KG’s District, ILWT, Caps In Pictures (pics), and clydeorama (pics).
- Matt Bradley will miss two-to-four weeks (and the Winter Classic) with a broken finger. [@VogsCaps]
- “With the Kiss” (note: must be said in Bill Raftery voice). [Caps365 (video), Puck Daddy, SB Nation DC, Capitals Outsider]
- From the “be careful what you wish for” file. [D.C. Sports Bog, PensBlog]
- Buy or sell: Alex Ovechkin is not the NHL’s best Russian. [THN]
- Has Mathieu Perreault arrived? [Insider2]
- Scott Hannan is adjusting to life under the microscope. [NHL.com (Rosen), NHL.com (Masisak)]
- I said it Monday, but here’s a much more thorough justification for why I said it. [Hockey Independent]
- Caps OT Episode 24 on Andrew Gordon and Jay Beagle getting their Christmas wishes answered. [CSN Washington (video)]
- Winter Classic-related coverage. [Puck Daddy, Puck the Media, Puck the Media,]
- Gary Bettman doesn’t give a **** if Bruce Boudreau curses. In case you or anyone else cared. [NHL.com, FanHouse]
- AO’s new CCM ads – even more bizarre than the last round. [Puck Daddy]
- Evaluating George McPhee‘s recent trade history. [Bangin Panger]
- Rookie watch. [TFP]
- A look at Caps prospects at the World Junior Championships. [FanPost]
- One of those prospects, Evgeny Kuznetsov, gets some national ink… [THN]
- … and international ink. [Sport Express, hockeysverige (via Google Translate)]
- Profile of another, Patrick Wey. [USA Hockey]