Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s win from us, Vogs, NHL.com, WaPo (Carrera: blog, gamer), DCEx (McNally: blog, gamer), Caps365 video (Boudreau, players), CSN Washington (O’Halloran), Puck Daddy, PHT, Frankovic, Peerless, RMNB, SB Nation DC, OFB, KOL, Capitals News Network, Skate Skate SHOOT, Capitals Outsider, RtR, StC, CRtC, Hockey Mom, WC2010, Caps Daily, Hockey Addicts, Bolts by the Bay, Raw Charge and the Tampa Tribune.
- How about that save by Braden Holtby on Simon Gagne? [SB Nation DC]
- Fathers and sons… excuse me, I’ve got some dust in my eye. [Dump ‘n Chase]
- An early look at the Caps’ deadline deals. [On Hockey (El-Bashir)]
- Get to know a new guy: Dennis Wideman. [Homer McFanboy]
- Assuming good health (never a safe assumption in these parts), is it time for Bruce Boudreau to pick a goalie and run with him? [SB Nation DC]
- Speaking of goalies and health, some words on Michal Neuvirth and head injuries, generally. [KG’s District]
- Speaking of goalies and health, some words on Semyon Varlamov. [RtR]
- And speaking of skaters and health, Mike Green skated yesterday, but there’s currently no timetable as to when he’ll return to the lineup. [CI (Carrera)]
- In praise of the Caps’ youngest defensemen. [Ross Hollebon’s Sports Pub]
- So if/when the entire blueline gets healthy, who sits? [Hockey Independent (Scriven)]
- The Caps are gathering momentum at just the right time. [CRtC]
- You asked, Matt Bradley answered. [CI (video)]
- Dmitry Orlov: game changer. [CSN Washington (Raby)]
- Bear Tracks! [LDN]
- The Bears made a pre-Clear Day move, acquiring forward Andrew Kozek on loan from Chicago in exchange for Josh Godfrey (both players’ remain property of the same NHL clubs they were affiliated with prior to the transaction). [Patriot-News (Leone)]
- Good news on the Tomas Fleischmann front. [TrueHockey]
- In other former Caps news, Donald Brashear “shakes it on stage.” FYI. [Bog]
- Finally, happy 35th birthday to Chris Clark, happy 43rd to Rob Zettler, happy 40th to Rob Pearson, happy 48th to Mike Lalor and happy 50th to Larry Murphy.