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Your savory breakfast links:
● Nicklas Backstrom on the new Swede behind the bench, the new Swedes the Caps have drafted and more. [Hockeyramblings]
● Longing for Alex Ovechkin's good ol' days and hoping more like 'em are right around the corner. [Backhand Shelf]
● Speaking of The Cap'n, nice to see him contribute to a medal win in his third Olympics. [Alex Ovetjkin, with notes on Dmitry Orlov as well]
● Why John Carlson, despite being unsigned, ain't goin' anywhere. [Hockey Hourly, with more on Carlson's lack of a contract at CSNW]
● Hershey has signed forward Joel Champagne, who should do adds for Miller High Life now that he's The Champagne of Bears. [Bears]
● And speaking of Hershey, they expect to be seeing some of Sergey Kostenko this winter. [Stack the Pads]
● Notes from World Juniors camps. [CSNW, NHL.com, NHL.com, USH, RMNB, CSNW]
● The 2013 Winter Classic alumni game will feature at least three former Caps. [CSNW]
● The Caps are looking for a media relations intern, which is a great gig working (hard) with great people. [NHL.com]
● Finally, happy 56th birthday to Gary Rissling and happy 62nd birthday to Greg Polis.
