Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight’s with game against San Jose from Vogs, NHL.com (Hunter), Mercury News, SB Nation DC, RtR and WC2010, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner Fear The Fin for more coverage from the other side of tonight’s match-up.
- Notes and assorted whatnot from yesterday’s practice. [Caps365 (video), NHL.com (Rosen), CI (Carrera), CI (Carrera), Caps In Pictures (pics)]
- Mike Green “will likely miss Tuesday’s game with concussion symptoms,” but given that there’s not a single team source saying he has a concussion, we’ll assume the intent was to write “concussion-like symptoms.” [WaPo (Carrera)]
- That ear doesn’t look so bad, does it? [D.C. Sports Bog]
- Alex Ovechkin feels fresh as a daisy. Or something. [NHL.com (Rosen)]
- Teammates critique David Steckel‘s Sunday fight. [D.C. Sports Bog]
- Nicklas Backstrom had Ovi‘s back… [OFB]
- … after Matt Cooke did what Matt Cooke does. [Capitals Outsider, HotH, D.C. Sports Bog]
- Speaking of Cooke, he won’t be suspended, which is no surprise, but what on earth do AO’s priors have to do with anything? [Dreger Report]
- Bruce Boudreau did his weekly spot on Kirk and Mike yesterday. [105.9 The Edge (audio)]
- Let’s end the Jason-Chimera-as-a-first-liner experiment, shall we? [Insider2]
- One day they’re calling for your head, seemingly the next, you’re getting Coach of the Year consideration. Such is the life of an NHL bench boss. [ESPN (Burnside)]
- Is AO streaky? [RMNB]
- You asked, Karl Alzner answered. [CI]
- Interested in TV ratings? Steinz has you covered. [D.C. Sports Bog]
- Hobovechkin… The Grate Eight? Sad. [Puck Daddy]
- Bear Tracks! [LDN]
- Finally, happy 44th birthday to Yvon Corriveau and happy 51st to Dino Ciccarelli.