Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight’s match-up with Florida from Vogs, NHL.com (Kimelman), On Frozen Pond (Panthers), Peerless, KOL and RLS, and be sure to check out our good friends and SB Nation partner Litter Box Cats for more coverage from the other side of tonight’s match up.
- Notes and assorted whatnot from yesterday’s practice. [Caps365 (video), CI (Carrera, Carrera), FanHouse (Perez), bridgetds (pics)]
- Questioning the Caps’ mental make-up. [NHL on the Fly (via KK), DCEx (McNally)]
- It’s time to step up, new guy. [Dump n’ Chase, WaPo (Carrera)]
- You, too, John Erskine. [CSN Washington (Masisak)]
- Maybe Alex Ovechkin‘s production is down because he’s starting so many shifts at the wrong end of the ice for scoring. [BtN]
- Is Marcus Johansson a viable answer to the Caps’ second-line center question? [Box Seats]
- A look at the Caps’ cap in both the short- and long-terms. [RLS]
- Brooks Laich did his weekly spot on The Sports Junkies yesterday. [106.7 The Fan]
- Speaking of Laich, did we know he has a website? [BrooksLaich.com]
- Karl Alzner also did a radio hit, transcribed (including “a lot more better“) for your enjoyment. [CSN Washington (Popels)]
- Another edition of Prospect Watch has hit the Intertubes. [RMNB]
- If you were wondering where AO, Alexander Semin and Semyon Varlamov were partying on Tuesday night, wonder no more. [DCEx, Reliable Source]
- Ovi shaving (which I’ve now managed to make into a three-day story). [D.C. Sports Bog]
- If you need help with your holiday cards, let the Caps help. [Capitals]
- And speaking of the holidays, a peek at holiday shopping with Laich and Alan May. [RMNB]
- Braden Holtby chats about his time in Washington and more. [SHoE]
- Gushing over Cody Eakin. [Leader-Post]