Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s falter in Philly from us, Vogs, Monumental video (Oates, Holtby, Alzner, Ovechkin, Brouwer)], NHL.com, AP, WaPo, CSNW, Peerless, F Street Faithful, Rock the Red, RMNB, DSP, and from up I-95, Philly.com and Broad Street Hockey.
- After a nasty hit on Brayden Schenn last night, Tom Wilson could have a phone call with the League in his near future. [CSNW (and again), Puck Daddy, Sporting News, CBC, PHT, Courier-Post, Philly.com, F Street Faithful, GM on a Couch, Flyers]
- …although his coach didn’t even think it was a penalty, so there’s that. And neither does his GM. [WaPo, CSNW (and again)]
- Last night aside, the Caps have shown a penchant for the last-minute comebacks this season – and the points that go with them. [Rink]
- The most recent of these featured a much better outing against last night’s opponent, and a one-man show known as Alex Ovechkin. [Rink]
- News and notes from pregame yesterday:
- In general. [Monumental video (Oates, Wellman, Rinkside Update/Erskine)]
- With Mikhail Grabovski ailing and Michael Latta and Brooks Laich on the shelf with injury, it was time for another Hershey call-up – this time in the form of center Casey Wellman. [Caps, Dump ‘n Chase, WaPo]
- Speaking of Brooks Laich, he skated for the second straight day yesterday. Talk to me when he does that with his teammates and it’s not news. [WaPo]
- After some early season struggles, Mike Green is just trying to play it safe and stick to the classic KISS rule: Keep It Simple, Stupid. [CSNW]
- The Caps have been dominant in the shootout this season, particularly recently… and that’s not necessarily a good thing. [WaPo, NBC4]
- Talkin’ goalies and Adam Oates‘s decision to start Philipp Grubauer twice last week. [ESPN]
- Looking for some happy fun feel-good reading? Maybe avoid this list of the worst DC sports moments of 2013. It burns… [WaPo]
- …so here, check out the top five Caps moments of 2013 to make yourself feel better! [Yahoo]
- Climbing up the power rankings because, and I quote, the Caps “appear to be the only team worth a damn in that division besides Pittsburgh, who really isn’t worth a damn for other reasons entirely.” [CSNNE]
- If you’re still surprised that Alex Ovechkin is one of the NHL’s top 10 fantasy players, you should maybe turn on a game now and then. (Or read Japers’ Rink dot com.) [NHL.com]
- Ovechkin is just one shy of his 400th career goal – and trying to pick the most memorable goal of those 399 is certainly not easy. We are, as a fanbase, incredibly spoiled by this guy. [CSNW]
- Nicklas Backstrom: Good player who should be on the Swedish Olympic team. Indeed. [GM on a Couch]
- Mikhail Grabovski speaks, people listen. Or translate. Whatever. [RMNB]
- Prospect news:
- Hershey is glad to have defenseman Nate Schmidt back (for now), and hope that he can jumpstart their power play. [Patriot-News]
- They’re also just glad to get someone back, for once, as the Caps’ recent pillaging of Hershey’s forward ranks has them down to just four lines. [Patriot-News]
- Some of the Bears paid a visit to Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital, putting smiles on the faces of some kids who could use some. [Patriot-News]
- Count Caps’ prospect Andre Burakovsky as one of the players to watch on host Team Sweden at the World Juniors later this month. [THW]
- Finally, happy 62nd birthday to Bernie Wolfe, happy 68th to Jean Pronovost, and happy 40th to Jeff Nelson.
