Your savory breakfast links:
- Notes and assorted whatnot from yesterday’s practice:
- In general. [Caps365 video (Kettler Report, Boudreau, Ovechkin), 106.7 The Fan (Kerstein)]
- Mike Green took the ice yesterday for practice. Ten minutes later, he took himself off the ice. Oh boy. [CW (Whyno), DCEx (McNally), CI (Carrera), CSNW (Gormley)]
- Not on ice at all? Troy Brouwer. Officially, a maintenance day. Unofficially, maybe really a maintenance day. In Brouwer’s absence, Joel Ward stepped up to top line duties. [CI (Carrera), and again, CW (Whyno), DCEx (McNally)]
- Having cleared waivers, D.J. King returned to Caps practice… [CW (Whyno), DCEx (McNally)]
- … and Jeff Halpern pondered the meaning of his healthy scratch. [CW (Whyno)]
- Some leftovers from Caps-Ducks:
- Admit it. That win was kinda fun. [OFB]
- Cody Eakin sure enjoyed his NHL debut … [CW (Whyno), SHoE]
- … as did John Erskine (his season debut, that is). [CW (Whyno), KOL]
- Oh hai there Andrew Gordon, how is life in Anaheim? We miss you, y’know. [RMNB]
- In case you didn’t notice, Nicklas Backstrom had a bit of a monster game. [CW (Whyno)]
- Tomas Vokoun probably didn’t but it all worked out anyway. [CW (Whyno)]
- So, Mathieu Perreault. Do you come here often? [Chirps from the Ledge]
- But we digress. On to Alex Ovechkin, Bruce Boudreau, and The Benching Heard ‘Round The Hockey World. Pageviews, here we come!
- A is for Accountability. [DCEx (McNally), PHT, CW (Whyno), THW, SB Nation DC (Vingan), National Post (Raby)]
- B is for Brooks Laich, naturally. [106.7 The Fan (audio)]
- C is for Cussing. [PHT, RtR, CI (Carrera), Huffington Post]
- D is for Depth. [Dump ‘N Chase, WashTimes (Daly)]
- D is also for Don’t Be Silly. [Smoke Degrees, PHT, The Star]
- E is for Equality [WashTimes (Whyno)]
- F is for Frustration. [Backhand Shelf, CI (Carrera), SB Nation DC, PHT, Sporting News]
- G is for Gut Feelings. [SB Nation DC, DSP]
- I is for Insight. [SB Nation DC, CW (Whyno), NHL.com (Masisak), WaPo (Carrera), DCEx (McNally), CSNW (Gormley)]
- M is for Milbury. [NBC Sports Video (one, two)]
- N is for No More Mr. Nice Guy [CSNW (Gormley), TSN.ca (video)]
- P is for Polling. [SB Nation, TSN.ca, Daily Faceoff]
- P is also for Perspective. [Half Smokes]
- R is for Resolve. [CI (Carrera)]
- V is for Vindication. [WaPo (El-Bashir), ESPN (Burnside & LeBrun), PHT, Puck Daddy]
- W is for Whew!
- Finally, happy 42nd birthday to Jim McKenzie.