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Your savory breakfast links:
● Live from Trois Rivieres, it's the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. Edmonton, you are on the clock. [NHL.com]
○ Come, pull up a seat at the draft table ... [ESPN]
○ ... let Pierre McGuire explain NHL Draft 101 ... [IIHF]
○ ... and don't forget your official 2012 Caps Draft Hat. [Shop.NHL.com]
● The annual Pre-Draft Chat with GM George McPhee. [Caps365 (video)]
● With the numbers eleven and sixteen picks in the first round, and nine more picks the next day, the Caps have options. [SB Nation DC, WashTimes, Checking Line, Peerless]
○ You mock us, sir. [Peerless]
○ Centermen! Wingers! Blueliners! Oh, my. [RMNB]
○ That hole at second line center needs filling. [KOL]
● In which Barry Trotz looks back on that time the Preds drafted Matt Hendricks ... [Smashville]
○ ... and speaking of Hendy, here's a look at his blood drive bobblehead. [@jedi_red74]
● Pending successful and timely negotiation of the CBA, here's how the NHL's 2012-2013 schedule shapes up. [NHL.com]
○ The Caps' season opens at home vs. the defending Eastern Conference champeens, and wraps up at home against the Bolts ... [Japers' Rink, Dump 'n' Chase]
○ ... some of the schedule highlight from around the League ... [SportingNews]
○ ... and the indispensable annual "How far does your team travel?" feature. [On The Forecheck]
● The day in year-end reviews:
○ Joel Ward... [RMNB]
○ ... and Mathieu Perreault. [CSNW]
● Another day, another "Should Alexander Semin come play for our team?" article. [Cardiac Cane]
● Former assistant coach Dean Evason looks back on seven years with the Caps, and looks ahead to his new challenge. [DCEx]
● Last year's seventh-rounder, Garrett Haar, has made a name for himself in his first season of college hockey and now has earned an invite to Team USA camp. [Caps Outsider]
● Finally, happy 34th birthday to Alexei Tezikov.
