Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight's rumble in Raleigh from Vogs, NHL.com, PHT, SB Nation DC, Peerless, RMNB and CRtC, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner Canes Country for more coverage from the other side of tonight's match-up.
- Coming off a back-to-back and with two more games on the road, the team had the day off in Raleigh.
- The Week That Was, Volume 19 ... [Peerless, Mark's Musings]
- ... and six players who somehow made a difference. [KOL]
- That bit of ugliness at the end of the Panthers game on Friday resulted in a $2,500 fine to Kris Versteeg for his crosscheck on Jeff Halpern. [NHL.com, WaPo, SB Nation DC]
- "Portrait of Putridity" - welcome to the Southeast Division's playoff race. [PHT]
- One step forward, one step back. [WashTimes, WaPo, Capital Connection]
- So, Mike Green, welcome back to hockey. You have been missed. [WaPo, CSNW, HockeyBuzz]
- About that power play. [WaPo]
- The NHLPA released the results of their player polls. The Caps and their captain will just have to prove everyone wrong, or something. [SB Nation DC]
- Catching up with Caps prospect Garrett Haar. [Fargo Force]
- Former Cap Brian Sutherby looks back at his experiences on trade deadline day (h/t sk84fun_dc) [OilersNation]
- Here's a Presidents' Day holiday helping o' Caps multimedia goodness:
- Take Five with Karl Alzner and John Walton. [Capitals Voice]
- Behind the scenes at Madame Tussaud's and the Alex Ovechkin wax statue. [Caps Red Line (Part 1, Part 2)]
- Caps Red Line went into Overdrive. [Forces of Hockey (Troy Brouwer), Xs and Os (Jim Johnson), Cruisin' (with Joel Ward), and Elliot in the Morning]
- Finally, happy 56th birthday to Rick Green, happy 55th birthday to Glen Hanlon, and happy 37th birthday to Brendan Witt.
