Wednesday Caps Clips: John Carlson's a Winner

Your savory breakfast links:

• John Carlson has had a pretty good year. [NHL.com]
• In case you missed it, a couple of Alexander Semin interview translations magically appeared in the overnight. ("The puck was simply cursed"? Really?) [Japers' Rink, Japers' Rink]
  
• The Bruce Boudreau media tour continues with a stop at CSN Washington and an interesting online chat at the Post. [CSN Washington, WaPo]
• D.C.'s getting ready to reach a little deeper into your pockets for attending sporting events within the city limits. I demand a reduction in Verizon Center beer prices to offset the new tax. [Bog]
• With a little (ok, a lot of) luck, Alex Ovechkin would've had another 60-goal season. [BtN]
• AO spoke prior to yesterday's game versus Kazakhstan. [RMNB]
• Hey, look - Sasha remembered how to score. [CI]
• Speaking of World's, guess who's back in action. [Canwest]
• And the Rod Langway Trophy (not to be confused with the Rod Langway Award) goes to... this one was easy. [RtR]
• Is Sidney Crosby "alone at the top"? Do we care? [Bog]
• Join us in welcoming newcomer Live in Red to the blogosphere, and we'll pick up their "Top Ten Games of -09-10" series already in progress at number seven. [Live in Red]
• Get to know CSN Washington's Russ Thaler. [StC]
• A Mathieu Perreault update is always welcome. [A Capital Offense]
• Finally, happy 51st birthday to the Caps' sixth-all-time leading goal-scorer and Miracle-on-Icer Dave Christian.