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Your savory breakfast links:
- The latest labor-related news, non-news and assorted whatnot:
- Gary Bettman is reportedly ready to nuke the season next week... [Puck Daddy, National Post]
- ... as time's a'wasting away. [CBC]
- Issues that divide. [ESPN]
- Chimera isn't buying what The Bettman is selling. [CSNW, SI]
- #NeverForget [CBC]
- Know your variance limits and why they matter. [Globe & Mail, Puck Daddy]
- Three rings may not be sufficient to contain this circus. [ESPN, SportsNet, Yahoo! Sports]
- O disclaimer of interest, how tedious you have become. [TSN]
- Contract buyouts are on the table - who ya got? [Puck Daddy, Inside The Book]
- Keeping a weather eye on the salary floor barometer. [SportsNet]
- In happier news, all the Caps' prospects will be coming home with shiny new medals - all that's left is to determine whose medal will shine brightest:
- Team USA thrashed Canada five goals to one. Riley Barber had a very smart assist on Jake McCabe's first goal, and then it was off to the races. [NHL.com]
- Tomorrow's Team USA might well be being built right here in the DMV. [Globe & Mail]
- Team Sweden took Team Russia all the way to a shootout before prevailing 3-2. [NHL.com]
- If there's one thing Filip Forsberg does not lack, it's confidence ... [Sverige Radio (link in Swedish)]
- Okay, two things he does not lack - fancy stickhandlin'. [RMNB]
- The Christian Djoos falls not far from the Pär tree. [svd.se via GoogleSvensk]
- And here's your semifinal recaps and preview of Saturday's gold medal game. [Fox Sports West]
- Masks, painted. Skate blades, repaired. Pads, stacked. The Caps' goaltending corps is ready to dominate ... just as soon as the big cheeses let them. [CSNW]
- Actually, there is one Caps goalie who hopes the lockout never ends. Meet the DIII college goalie who is filling in at Kettler. [CSNW]
- Prospects in the news. [DC Pro Sports Report]
- Prospect not in the news - Garrett Haar, who is reported to be out for some time with "upper body injury." [mlive]
- Finally, Matt Hendricks gets some hometown love for his work with the USO. [ABC Newspapers]