Your savory breakfast links:
- The Caps were off yesterday, but are scheduled to get back to work at 10:30 this morning out at Kettler, with Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom being made available to the media following practice. Wonder what they’ll talk about.
- Hopefully that will be the end of Sochi talk for a while… [Sportsnet, CSNW (with Oates’s take on Zyrtecgate and the possible impact of the Games on its Capitals participants), TSN, RMNB]
- … because the Caps have a tall task ahead of them… [WaPo, WashTimes, DSP]
- … and could really stand to go on a heater. [Peerless]
- With the trade deadline rapidly approaching and an increased role on the team, does Martin Erat still want out? [CSNW]
- Speaking of la ligne de mort, here’s a pretty decent overview of where the Caps stand… and at least one horrible, horrible suggestion at the end. [Sportsnet]
- Know what we could all use? More smiles. [Capitals Hill]
Troy Brouwer mugs with his biggest fans to celebrate his 100th career goal
(Photo by B. Sheridan/Capitals Hill)
- Ross Detwiler (probably… or maybe Tyler Clippard… let’s go with Clip) doesn’t think the Caps’ captain is a particularly complete player. [WaPo]
- Nor is he a complete Instagrammer… where are the gratuitous food pics?! [RMNB]
- Arlington roads could be safer, wouldn’t you say, random denizen Karl Alzner? [NBC4 (via @TyAnderson9)]
- The Bears got outscored 10-2 over the weekend, which no doubt made it tough to pick three stars. [Patriot-News (but they’ve got plenty of stars off the ice)]
- Nice pics from the AHL Showcase, including what Philipp Grubauer might look like in a Caps sweater (wait, what?). [SHoE]
- Catching up with CoCo. [Caps Outsider]
- Here’s a story about a local Olympian (sorta) that you might not have heard. [RMNB]
- Finally, happy 48th birthday to Byron Dafoe, happy 63rd to Andre Peloffy, and happy 28th to Jeff Schultz.