Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night's loss from us, Vogs, NHL.com (Hedger), WashTimes (Whyno: blog), WaPo (Carrera: blog, gamer), CSN Washington (Beninati), Frankovic, Peerless, RMNB, SB Nation DC, KOL, StC and CRtC.
- Bruce Boudreau has tabbed the next half-dozen games or so as the ones that will determine his starting goalie for the playoffs. [CI (Carrera)]
- The converts are starting to roll in... [ESPN (LeBrun and Burnside)]
- ... and roll in. [Kurtenblog]
- Can we blame this jinx for last night's loss? [CI (Carrera)]
- George McPhee did a hit on NHL Live! yesterday. [NHL Live! (audio)]
- More on Braden Holtby's disdain for quadrilaterals having one pair of parallel sides. [Capitals Watch]
- Did booing the Caps actually unleash the fury? [City Paper (McKenna)]
- Ted Leonsis insists that it's not "Stanley Cup or bust" this year. Agreed. [CI (Carrera)]
- Speaking of busts, guess which Caps draft pick made THN's list of the biggest drafting fails in NHL history. [THN]
- Know who's not a bust? The NHL's best rookie defenseman, John Carlson. [ESPN ($)]
- What the Caps could stand to learn from the last two Eastern Conference champs. [StC]
- Marcus Johansson has been outstanding lately, but let's not go crazy here. [Bay of Pucks]
- Finally, here's Remy's homage to you... the Caps fan. [FanShot (video)]