Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s loss from us, Caps365 video (Hunter, Caps players, Capuano, Isles players), Vogs, Capitals Voice (audio), NHL.com, WaPo (gamer, blog), WashTimes (gamer), CSNW (gamer, article, blog), DCEx, 106.7 The Fan, WTOP, Frankovic, Peerless, RMNB, SB Nation DC, KOL, OFB, DSP, Examiner, Sick Unbelievable, RtR, Capitals Outsider, Caps By Puck (pics) and clydeorama (pics).
- Previews of tonight’s hullabaloo with the Habs from Vogs, NHL.com, Peerless, RMNB, hockey yelling and CRtC, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner Habs Eyes On The Prize for more coverage from the other side of tonight’s match-up.
- Rene Bourque has expectations for tonight’s game, and they include being a marked man. [TSN, CSNW (video)]
- Notes and Notes and assorted whatnot from yesterday’s morning skate:
- In general. [Caps365 video (Morning Skate, Hunter, McPhee), 106.7 The Fan]
- Mike Green had surgery yesterday for what was “basically” a sports hernia… [WashTimes (and again), WaPo, DCEx, WTOP, SB Nation DC, CSNW, DSP]
- … which sucks (the injury, not the surgery, but probably both)… [SB Nation DC]
- … but from which his prognosis for recovery is good (statistically, at least)… [WaPo]
- … just ask assistant coach Dean Evason. [WashTimes, WaPo]
- Sticking with man-areas, Tom Poti‘s likely career-ending lower-body injuries stem back to a broken pelvis? Um, ouch. [DCEx]
- And finally, Nicklas Backstrom is showing signs of progress, which is, of course, good news. [DCEx, WashTimes, WaPo, CSNW]
- Green’s injury, and durability generally, make his looming (restricted) free agency very interesting. [WaPo]
- Brooks Laich talks about Green’s injuries. Why not. [106.7 The Fan]
- On the last time a Caps goalie made double-digit consecutive starts. [Dump ‘n Chase]
- The latest from Tuesday’s Bears practice. [Patriot-News, with a look at Hershey at the midway point here]
- Brett Flemming is hoping his stay in South Carolina isn’t a lengthy one. [PA Puck]
- Finally, sell or sell the new decorations at Verizon Center? [DC Sports Bog, SB Nation DC, SB Nation, Capitals Outsider]
