Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night's win from us, Caps365 video (Hunter, Caps players, Dineen, Panthers players), Vogs, Capitals Voice, NHL.com, WaPo (gamer, blog), WashTimes (gamer, article, blog), CSNW (gamer, blog), Puck Daddy (and again), PHT, SB Nation DC, Peerless, Frankovic, KOL, RMNB, DSP (plus pics), RtR, Examiner, Hockey Hourly, Homer McFanboy and clydeorama (pics), and for the view from the Florida side, On Frozen Pond and Litter Box Cats.
- Seemingly miraculously, Brooks Laich skated in the morning and then played the game. [CSNW (and again)]
- Nice cage, Dima. [Caps Outsider]
- Notes and assorted whatnot from yesterday's morning skate:
- In general. [Caps365 video (Two-Man Advantage, Morning Skate, Vokoun)]
- Earlier in the day, Coach Hunter called last night a "playoff game." From now on, all games are "playoff games." [Caps365 video, WaPo, CSNW]
- Laich stuff. [Caps365 video, WaPo, WashTimes]
- On the next couple of months. [Dump 'n Chase]
- Some thoughts on the upcoming trade deadline. [RtR, USA Today]
- A couple of young pivots step up. [Sick, Unbelievable]
- Sad link du jour: the Nicklas Backstrom Concussion Timeline. [WashTimes]
- A half-dozen things to know about Alex Ovechkin's new pad. [Yahoo!]
- Kevin Marshall brings some grit to the Bears... [Patriot-News, with notes from Tuesday's practice here]
- ... who will sport these, uh, sweet sweaters (and socks!) for warm-ups on Saturday. [@TheHersheyBears]
- Oh hai there, Evgeny Kuznetsov! Hope you packed your long underwear for Helsinki. [FanShot]
- Rock the binky. [RtR]
- Here's an awesome piece of Washington hockey history... and I do mean history. [Ghosts of DC]
- Finally, happy 45th birthday to Yvon Corriveau and happy 52nd to Hall-of-Famer Dino Ciccarelli (seriously, Bondra and Dino on back-to-back days?).
