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Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night's loss from us, Caps365 video (Oates, Caps players), Vogs, Capitals Voice (audio), NHL.com, WaPo (gamer, blog), WashTimes (gamer, blog, Morning After), CSNW (highlights, gamer, blog), DSP, Ed Frankovic, Peerless, RMNB, Puckhead, RtR, Nosebleeds, Hockey Shopped and Caps Basketball, and for the view from the other side, Tampa Trib, Tampa Times and our pals at Raw Charge.
- Jack Hillen's Caps career got off to a rough start as he left the game after a hard hit. [CSNW (video), WashTimes, WWaPo]
- Alex Ovechkin killed penalties - and Cory Conacher - last night. [CSNW, RMNB]
- Hey, welcome back Tom Poti. [RMNB]
- Kind pre-game words for Adam Oates from a handful of Bolts. [CSNW]
- Prior to the game, it was announced that Nicklas Backstrom, Brooks Laich and Mike Green would serve as alternate captains this season. [WashTimes, WaPo]
- Pierre McGuire says nice things about the Caps
because Pierre McGuire says nice things about everyone. [WashTimes] - A bit more on what to expect this season. [CSNW, FanPost]
- Speaking of expectations, will Braden Holtby live up to expectations? [Nosebleeds]
- Will Marcus Johansson? [Sick, Unbelievable]
- Thank you, fans. [RtR]
- The Bears will take it outside this evening. [Patriot-News, SHoE, with coverage of last night's alumni game here, here, here and here]
- Evgeny Kuznetsov says he'll play for the Caps after Sochi, which we'll all believe when we see it. [RMNB]
- Finally, more like GameCenter Dead, amirite? [Los Capitales]