Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight’s game against the Kitties from Vogs, Peerless and NHL.com, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner Litter Box Cats for coverage from the other side of tonight’s match up.
- To refresh your memory, this is the sixth and final meeting between the Caps and Cats on the season, with the Caps looking for the season sweep after taking 4-1, 7-4, 6-2, 5-4 and 4-1 decisions
- If you missed Pepper on Rink Side Radio last night, check it out here.
- More reaction to the Alex Ovechkin hit on Brian Campbell… [Ovechkin’s teammates, Damien Cox, TSN, THN, some idiot with a computer, Brian Pothier and Erik Cole, Tim Gleason]
- … and the resulting suspension. [Vogs, Puck Daddy, Ted’s Take, Damien Cox, Scott Burnside, FanHouse, OFB, FFODC, Globe and Mail, mc79hockey, Empty Netters, A Capital Offense, Examiner, Nigel Dawes and Mike Babcock]
- Fresh power rankings are out, with the Caps holding the top spot at The Hockey News, TSN and CBSSports.
- “24 NHL coaches, pro scouts and color commentators” have spoken, and they think that Jeff Schultz is a pretty solid blueliner. Welcome to the club, gents. [FanHouse]
- A few Caps notes in Elliotte Friedman‘s weekly must-read. [CBC]
- Caps/Hawks did lousy ratings. [Puck the Media]
- The Caps are pretty much a terror when they’re down a goal, but you knew that. [BtN]
- Mike Knuble has been a great pickup for the Caps (but apparently not blurb-worthy). [Sportsnet]
- Several Caps are moving up the single-season franchise leaderboards. [A Capital Offense]
- Scott Walker is happy to be a Cap. [NHLPA]
- The value of one Caps’ defensive prospect is on the rise while that of another is falling. Yeah, you can guess who’s who. [Puck Prospectus]
- A bit o’ Bryan Helmer love. [RtR]
- Bear Tracks! [LDN]
- Down a level, the Farm Report. [FanPost]
- Olie Kolzig finds his way into a Post article today… on arthroscopic surgery. [WaPo]
- Per the HHoF, on this date back in 1995, “Dale Hunter picked up 7 penalty minutes in a 5-1 Caps’ loss at Florida to give him 3,044 PIM and move past Chris Nilan into second place among NHL career penalty minute leaders.” Good times.
- Finally, happy 32nd birthday to Brian Willsie and happy 39th to David Harlock.