Monday Caps Clips

Your savory breakfast links:

● Team Russia's North American scout, former NHLer Igor Kravchuk, talks about building the national team - so naturally a few familiar names are part of the discussion. [Alex Ovetjkin, AllSports.ru (original)]

● Mike Ribeiro and the Caps' Community Relations team are gearing up for this year's Beautification Day at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School. [@CapsCR, Capitals]

● Put yourself in Braden Holtby's skates in Game 1 of the Caps-Bruins series as part of NHL13's new feature, "Moments Live". Although if we're revising history, Game 7 of the second round could use a polish... [EA Sports]

● When will Filip Forsberg make the trip over to North America? (Spoiler alert: not next season.) [Rant Sports]

● Right now, the owners have all the control in the CBA negotiations... but that could change as January (and the Winter Classic) draws ever closer. [Slap Shot]

● Finally, happy 49th birthday to Shawn Cronin.