Friday Caps Clips

Your savory breakfast links:

• Congrats to former Capital Kevin Hatcher, the team's all-time leading goal-scoring defenseman and three-time All-Star as a Cap, on being elected to the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. [USA Hockey, USA Hockey, Capitals, Detroit Free Press, Puck Daddy, McNally (with notes on other topics as well)]
• Mike Knuble and David Steckel will be on hand in Pittsburgh on Tuesday for the Winter Classic presser (which you can watch at noon on NHL Network).
• George McPhee figures to keep life interesting. [NHL.com]
• Heading into 2010-11, Semyon Varlamov is on the hot seat... [NHL.com]
• ... while Karl Alzner and John Carlson are poised to have breakout seasons. [NHL.com]
• Looking back at the Caps' 2010 Draft. [Hockey's Future, which also looks at the Russians drafted League-wide]
  
• A sneak peek at Tomas Fleischmann's arbitration hearing (look for our mock arbitration post on Monday, btw). [Kings of Leonsis, Puck Daddy, Capitals News Network]
• The Caps help out some wounded warriors. [AP, Examiner, Caps365 (video)]
• Alexander Semin's agent discusses the Ilya Kovalchuk Saga (among other things). [SovSport via Google Translate]
• SneakerBall VII is coming up, and voting is now open. [SneakerBall]
• If you happen to be in Petrolia, Ontario next weekend, sounds like there's a party to be had. [Petrolia Topic]
• Mark French looks back on his championship season... [Bears Bites and Insights]
• ... as does Mathieu Perreault. [L'Express via Google Translate]
• The Bears are looking for anthem singers. [Bears]
• Finally, happy 41st birthday to both Dmitri Khristich and Andrew Cassels.