Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s shutout win from us, Caps365 video (Hunter, Caps players, Carlyle, Leafs players), Vogs, Capitals Voice, NHL.com, WaPo (gamer, blog), WashTimes (gamer, blog, blog), DCEx (gamer), CSNW (gamer, blog, Sorensen, Beninati), 106.7 The Fan (gamer), SB Nation DC, Frankovic, Peerless, RMNB (gamer, blog), DSP, OFB, RtR, Caps Examiner, Caps B-Ball, Hockey Hourly and clydeorama (pics).
- Special teams are getting, um, special-er. [Caps Outsider]
- King Karl Kupcakes are probably not gluten-free. [SB Nation DC]
- The Week That Was, Volume 22. [Peerless]
- Six players to watch. [KOL]
- Mike Vogel reminds us it’s time to break out the slide rule, the graphing calculator and the Magic 8-Ball … [Dump ‘n’ Chase]
- … even as RickyRage presents his annual Eastern Conference Playoff Predictor. [FanShot]
- Today in “Dissecting Ovechkin‘s captaincy.” [Backhand Shelf]
- Two very memorable weeks (and counting) for Keith Aucoin. [Patriot-News]
- Winnipeg’s Alexander Burmistrov knows the Caps’ secret weapon – Dmitry Orlov. [AllHockey.ru, via GoogleTrans]
- Nick Backstrom continued his recovery in Sweden by taking in some SEL playoff hockey as his former team Brynäs defeated Frölunda 3-1. It was the first home playoff victory for Brynäs since Bäckis last wore their sweater. [Arbetarbladet.se, via GoogleTrans (stick tap to Malin A)]
- Lots of love down in Charleston for goaltender Philipp Grubauer. [Post and Courier]
- The participants for Team Legislators and Team Lobbyists talk about their experiences at the Hockey 4 Hope charity match. [Calgary Herald]
- Finally, happy 35th birthday to Brent Johnson.