Your savory breakfast links:
● The dominos begin to fall as the League announces the cancellation of the entire preseason. [NHL.com, WaPo, WashTimes, DCEx, CSNW, NBC4]
○ NHL players union boss Donald Fehr was in Montreal recently and Roman Hamrlik shared some of his thoughts. [Globe and Mail]
● Goalie duels: Either netminders at twenty paces with their best blocker saves, or preseason consideration of which men will be splitting time in the AHL gates this season. [The Goalie Guild]
● Part III of The Ballad of Adam Oates, in which we learn that Kettler > Piney Orchard. [CSNW]
● The Mathieu Perreault Experience got underway as Team Montreal faced off against Team Quebec for a series of exhibition matches in La Belle Province. MattyP was teammates with Hamrlik on Team Quebec. [La Presse, Canoe.ca, RDS, TVA Sports (all links en Francais), @patrickcaisse (pic)]
● Early voting is underway in Iowa. Here’s a guy voting the Jason Arnott – Brian Fahey ticket. [DC Sports Bog]
● Alex Ovechkin’s season in the K has gotten off to a good start as he’s already a PPG player. But maybe Dynamo should think about bringing over Matt Hendricks or John Erskine as well. [SB Nation DC, Alex Ovetjkin]
● Oft-injured 2008 Caps draft pick Greg Burke is ready to start his senior year at UNH. He’s got the bubble wrap on order. [Seacoast Online]
● Whereas a very healthy Filip Forsberg is lighting it up in Leksand. [RMNB]
● And, yeah. Check out the moves on Evgeny Kuznetsov. [Puck Daddy]
● Finally, happy 59th birthday to Doug Gibson.