Your savory breakfast links:
- Be sure to check out tomorrow morning’s episode of Japers’ Rink Radio, as Pepper and Russell welcome Caps grinder Matt Hendricks and The Globe and Mail‘s James Mirtle to the show ahead of Saturday night’s Hockey Night in Canada match-up with the Leafs.
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s win from us, Vogs, WaPo (Carrera: blog, gamer), CSN Washington (Beninati), Caps365 video (Boudreau, players), Frankovic, Peerless, RMNB, Puckhead, KOL, Capitals News Network, WC2010, StC, Hockey Mom, Capitals Outsider, Caps ‘Round the Clock, Inside Hockey and NYI Point Blank for the Isles perspective.
- Has Doc Emrick ever said anything negative about anyone? No? Well he’s certainly not going to break that streak on Alex Ovechkin. [D.C. Sports Bog (with more on AO in Jersey at Alex Ovetjkin)]
- The Caps and the “Three Foot Rule.” [RtR]
- Take note: you may never again see the phrase “brute force” used in reference to David Steckel. [National Post (with reactions from Steckel to The Collision at Yahoo!, and perhaps on NHL Live! today at 12:20)]
- On that whole “starting next year in Russia” noise. [Puck Daddy]
- The Caps’ ratings have gotten a boost recently, and Steinz credits HBO (as opposed to the scintillating winning hockey they’ve played for the past month and change). [D.C. Sports Bog]
- The organization’s three stars for the week ending yesterday. [RtR]
- Part II of the epic Nate Ewell piece is definitely the Odyssey to Part I’s Iliad. [OFB]
- Happy 61st birthday, original Cap Ron Anderson.
- Finally, in case you missed it, Tomas Fleischmann‘s season is over as he has pulmonary emboli. Get well soon, Flash – we’re all pulling for you. [All Things Avs]