Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of this afternoon's mayhem (?) in Montreal from Vogs, NHL.com, WashTimes, SB Nation DC, Peerless, RMNB 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.
- Notes and assorted whatnot from yesterday out at Kettler:
- In general. [Caps365 video (Hunter, Aucoin, Laich, Perreault, Hamrlik), WaPo, CSNW, 106.7 The Fan]
- He's baaaaaack... [WashTimes, WaPo, CSNW]
- ... and, by the way, not dirty. [WashTimes]
- But speaking of dirty, the Caps haven't forgotten about what Rene Bourque did a month ago... [WashTimes, DCEx]
- ... though if they're going to do anything about it today, it'll be without Joel Rechlicz, who was put on waivers yesterday after two games, six shifts and 4:26 of ice time. [WashTimes, WaPo, CSNW]
- So what does Keith Aucoin bring to the party? [Dump 'n Chase, WaPo, WashTimes, DSP]
- You didn't think that that Karl Alzner quote was going to go unnoticed, did you? [Puck Daddy, Examiner]
- As for Alzner's usual D-partner... he's strugglin'... [KOL]
- ... but is rockin' the slapper. [WaPo]
- The Caps, they are a-slidin'... [Hockey Prospectus]
- ... in large part because they're square pegs being forced into round holes. [DSP]
- All that said, will they win the Southeast? [Inside Hockey]
- Relive Matt Hendricks' highlight reel goal in Tampa, frame-by-frame. [RMNB]
- Forget League MVP, is The Captain still the Caps' MVP? [WUSA, One Girl One Puck]
- Regardless, AO is still a rock star. Check out the mob scene in Montreal. [Alex Ovetjkin, @habsinsideout1]
- If it ain't the coach, it's the players... but it's not too late. [Peerless]
- Finally, happy 43rd birthday to Joe Sacco.
