Your savory breakfast links:
- The All-Star festivities continued in Ottawa with
Write About Alex Ovechkin DayMedia Day. [Wash Times, PHT, Faceoff.com, RDS.ca (in French), THN(video), Sun Media, PostMedia News, Ottawa Citizen, Alex Ovetjkin (with Malkin interview), SportsNet.ca (video)]- Point. [SB Nation DC, National Post]
- Counterpoint. [Puck Daddy, Winnipeg Free Press]
- Meanwhile, back in sunny Nottawa. [Deadspin, Alex Ovetjkin]
- Dennis Wideman is also making his mark on the All-Star Weekend:
- His skills competition assignments will include the Hardest Shot event, and the one-timers portion of the Skills Challenge Relay. [WashTimes]
- His leg injury case history from last season is being presented to the NHL team physicians. [WaPo]
- And it’s a bit of a Bruins reunion week for D-Wides. [WashTimes]
- Caps Q & A with Tarik El-Bashir and Katie Carrera. [WaPo]
- Ranking the teams by GM/coach combos. [CSNW]
- A #fancystats look at the Caps’ quest for a fifth straight Southeast Division banner. [WaPo]
- An All-Star break roundtable at the Peerless palazzo. [Peerless]
- The new head coach of Team Russia came to North America recently to see some of his NHLers in action. [Alex Ovetjkin]
- Finally, happy 46th birthday to Michal Pivonka.