Your savory breakfast links:
- Michael Latta‘s work on the fourth line in the last week gave Barry Trotz the confidence to leave him at center Saturday night. [WaPo]
- The latest win over Tampa made Verizon Center a happy place to be – something that hasn’t been the case much this season. [NBC4]
- Roughly two months into the season, the Caps and their coach are starting to see the impact of – and get results from – the changes they’ve put in place. [WaPo, CSNW]
- More on what Alex Ovechkin and the Caps did to put together a very special night for a very special little girl. [Caps, CSNW]
- The Caps are being pretty cagey when it comes to just who put those hats in Nicklas Backstrom’s locker… might need to get those Epix cameras on the case, pronto. [RMNB]
- Looking back at the week that was, as the Caps start to heat up. [Peerless, CSNW, RMNB]
- With the day off from practice, the team took to the ice with their families – ugly sweaters, tiny babies and all. [Caps Outsider]
- A couple of Russian superstars had a pretty good view of the Wizards’ 93-84 win over Utah last night at Verizon Center. [@MonumentalNtwrk]
- Best of luck to former Caps’ netminder Tomas Vokoun, who has called it quits after 16 NHL seasons. [@zdenek_janda, The Score, Sun-Sentinel]
- The horse who was named for the Caps’ captain has retired a millionaire, winning his 17th race in his final outing last weekend. [Forbes]
- Finally, happy 30th birthday to Kyle Wilson.