Your savory breakfast links:
- Fifteen games into his general managership, Caps GM Brian MacLellan sits down with Mike Vogel to assess the state of the Caps union. [Monumental (video)]
- “…we’re going through a process of learning how to win games, how to be comfortable when it’s uncomfortable.” Barry Trotz is coaching ’em up. [WaPo (Wise)]
- Today in (growl) “Trade Mike Green,” Rob Vollman looks at teams that could be in the hunt. [ESPN $]
- News and notes from yesterday out at Kettler:
- In general. [Monumental video (Trotz, Fehr, Niskanen, Rinkside Update/Holtby)]
- Coach has plans for Evgeny Kuznetsov at center and building a line around him. The fourth line. [WaPo]
- Heart, effort, grit, and a well-timed drop pass earned Jay Beagle kudos for his work on the top line. [WaPo]
- All hail the man of the moment, Marcus Johansson. [NBC4, THW, Caps Outsider]
- Your 2014-2015 Washington Capitals penalty minutes leader is… Brooks Orpik. [CSNW]
- Injury updates: Tom Wilson is out for Friday, possibly possible for Saturday, and Brooks Laich will be in the no-contact sweater for a while yet. [WaPo]
- Assessments:
- News from Chocolatetown:
- Walton’s Morning Drive. [Capitals Voice]
- Power skating, FTW. [Patriot-News]
- Bears by the numbers. [Patriot-News]
- Congrats are in order for Caps 2014 5th-round draft pick Shane Gersich , who was named to Team USA for this year’s World Junior A Challenge. #merica [USA Hockey, RMNB]
- Hockey ‘n’ Heels, hooray! [Caps Outsider, We’re A Caps Family]
- Forces of Hockey, “Stick Lie” edition. [Monumental (video)]
- Jason Chimera has Nick Backstrom‘s er, back. [CSNW]
- Braden Holtby brought little Benjamin to Kettler to skate for the very first time. ADORBS/60: Off the chart. [Monumental, RMNB]
- In which Jill Sorensen sits down with Bruce Boudreau. [CSNW]
- Hmmm… looks like the cameras are getting ready to descend on Kettler as Epix lets out a bit more detail on its Road To The Winter Classic. [multichannel.com]
- Finally, happy 45th birthday to Patrik Augusta.