Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight's rumble with the Sabres from Vogs, NHL.com, Peerless, Examiner, CB, hockey yelling and CRtC, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner Die By The Blade for more coverage from the other side of tonight's match-up.
- Notes and assorted whatnot from yesterday's practice out at Kettler:
- In general. [Caps365 video (Hunter, Backstrom, Johansson, Alzner, Beagle), 106.7 The Fan, CRTC, Caps by Puck (pics)]
- Mike Green is practicing fully with the team, and perhaps looking to play in a game next week. [WaPo, WashTimes, SB Nation DC, CSNW]
- GM George McPhee sat in with John Feinstein on the Mike Wise Show. [106.7 The Fan, DCEx]
- Jason Chimera, Roman Hamrlik, and Dean Evason were the hosts for "Sticks and Sneakers" kids' program. [@WashCaps (video), DSP (pics)]
- And the New York Rangers came for their own practice before leaving for their date with the Panthers. So that meant the HBO cameras were back at KCI. [NY Daily News]
- The New Year approaches, and the Caps aren't sorry to see the old one go. [NHL.com]
- Resolved! [Caps B-Ball]
- Continuing the countdown of the year's Top Ten. [Peerless (Nine, Eight)]
- The ol' chip and chase takes some getting used to, but how likely is it that Alex Ovechkin actually "bristled"? [CSNW, and then PHT]
- Down, but not out. [KOL]
- The Caps find success when they get their grit on. [WashTimes]
- That win against the Rangers felt great. Is it sustainable? [WaPo, CSNW]
- Dmitri Orlov continues the proud traditions of a homegrown blueline. [Dump 'n Chase]
- Jay Beagle - one happy puppy. [WashTimes]
- Momma Laich kicks off the new video series - "Building a Capital". Like hockeyplayersaskids, but better. [Caps365]
- Finally, Evgeny Kuznetsov had himself a whale of a game in Team Russia's 14-0 steamrollering of Team Latvia at the WJCs. A hat trick and 6 assists left him one point shy of the all-time tourney record held by Peter Forsberg ... [IIHF.com, Edmonton Journal, Hockey Prospectus, Hockey's Future (with interview in English), AllHockey.ru (interview in Russian), RMNB (with video highlights)]
- ... and his helmet bears silent tribute to Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.
