Your savory breakfast links:
- For Mathieu Perreault, the time to show what he’s got is – let me check my watch – now. [Hockey Independent, Capitals News Network, NBC Washington, DCEx]
- Alexander Semin: International Man of Mystery. [WaPo (Carrera)]
- Jeff Schultz talks about his broken thumb and the Winter Classic. [Homer McFanboy]
- Grading the Caps after the first quarter. [ESPN (Burnside)]
- Kudos to ESPN 980 for recognizing that D.C. has a hockey team (and, far more importantly, recommitting to covering it). [D.C. Sports Bog]
- Speaking of radio, a few hits of note:
- Brooks Laich was on Elliot in the Morning yesterday… [YouTube (Part 1, Part 2)]
- … Bruce Boudreau was on Kirk and Mike… [105.9 The Edge (audio at ~16:20)]
- … Joe Beninati was on NHL Live! (sure, why not?)… [NHL Live! (audio)]
- … and Laich will be on 106.7 The Fan at 8:45 this morning, while Boudreau will be on ESPN 980 at 4:50 this afternoon.
- When you think of Alex Ovechkin, does the phrase “well-groomed” come to mind? It might in the future. [D.C. Sports Bog, ESPN, HotH]
- Santa Eliot brings the Caps the gift we all wish they had (well, other than a playoff-proven second-line center). [SI.com (Eliot)]
- Colby Armstrong mocks Semin’s fighting style. We mock Armstrong’s five career playoff games. [Puck Daddy]
- Schultz and Matt Hendricks audition for the Village People. [RMNB]
- John Carlson reflects on his World Junior Championship experience. [NHL.com (Morreale)]
- Speaking of the WJC, congrats to Caps prospect Patrick Wey on earning an invite to Team USA’s World Junior pre-tourney camp. [USA Hockey, Boston College]
- Keith Aucoin and Patrick McNeill sound close to returning to the Bears’ lineup. [Patriot-News (Leone)]
- “Braden Holtby loses his mask, steals a stick, throws a check, and gets the shutout all in one night.” [Stack the Pads]