Your savory breakfast links:
- Be sure to tune in for another edition of Japers’ Rink Radio tomorrow morning at 10:00 (or download the show thereafter).
- Gruesome details of Tom Poti‘s eye injury. [WaPo]
- Speaking of which, the Chris Clark Captain Cadaver Trophy goes to… click to find out. [RtR]
- Ovi scored, Varly saved, Russia won at worlds. [CI]
- Alexander Semin is smokin’. No, f’real. [RMNB]
- It seems the Alex vs. Sid debate has new legs now that they each were unceremoniously excused from the playoffs by Les Habitants. [Bog/WaPo, National Post, Hockey or Die, Jamie’s Hockey Blog, TSN, Hockey Independent, CSN Washington]
- Some good Caps stuff in Boswell‘s chat yesterday, including this money quote: “Bruce Boudreau‘s wonderful chat here yesterday, always so honest, seems to show that the Caps have curled up for the summer with the Hot Goalie, We’re Better, We Didn’t Really Choke, Don’t Need To Change Much line of easiest possible excuses. There’s truth in all of those points. But you don’t get better by focusing on them.” [WaPo]
- Parts Two and Three of Ivan Carter‘s chat with Bruce Boudreau. [CSN Washington, CSN Washington]
- Adam Proteau lists “dream playoff match-ups” for each team. Hard to argue with his Caps picks, though I’d go with “anyone” in the Finals – a dream indeed. [The Hockey News]
- Number six on the “Top Ten Games of 2009-10” countdown. [Live in Red]
- Cheer up, D.C. – you’re only the seventh-worst sports town around. [Bog]
- Caps Senior Director of Media Relations Nate Ewell‘s favorite Hershey Bear gets some love. [Hockey Chronicles]
- Get to know the newest member of the organization, Dustin Stevenson (sadly sans facial hair). [Caps365 (video)]