Your savory breakfast links:
- The Caps were off yesterday, and are scheduled to get back to work at 10:30 this morning out at Kettler. Here’s Your Capitals Minute for today. [Capitals Voice]
- One skater who won’t be with them is Dmitry Orlov, who was suspended yesterday for two games for his hit on Brayden Schenn in Sunday’s game against the Flyers. [Rink, Puck Daddy, WaPo, CSNW, Patriot-News, RMNB]
- One skater who will be with them is Jack Hillen, recalled from his rehab assignment in Hershey yesterday and ostensibly ready to step in for Orlov. [CSNW]
- Other leftovers from Sunday’s brutal loss. [Rink (Clyde’s Shots), WaPo, WashTimes, NBC4]
- Looking back at a week that was largely up… until it was down. [Rink]
- Who’s the team’s best option for that prime gig riding shotgun on the Backstrom–Ovechkin line? [DSP]
- Speaking of Ovi, he plays no defense. Does it matter? [CSNW]
- Matchmaker, matchmaker make me a match, find me a find, catch me… Halak? [SI]
- “I’d go crazy if I was a Capitals fan.” Why yes, we are mad lot, aren’t we? [ESPN ($)]
- What if there were an impact forward that the Caps could add at the deadline that wouldn’t cost them any assets? Well, there just might be. [CSNW]
- Is trading Martin Erat Mission: Impossible? [THW]
- How sideways are things going in Hershey? Their three stars of the week include… no players. [Patriot-News]
- Finally, if you missed Craig Laughlin telling the story of how he found out he’d been drafted when he told it during Thursday night’s game, here’s your chance to unmiss it. [RMNB]