Your savory breakfast links:
- George McPhee met with the media yesterday to face the music. [Monumental (video), WaPo, CSNW (column, video, video), NHL.com, Express, CP, RMNB (pics), DSP]
- Was there a rift between the GM and his last bench boss? [RMNB]
- Goodbye from Chocolatetown, USA. [Patriot-News]
- A look back at the season that was for…
- Karl Alzner… [Rink, RMNB]
- … Mike Green… [Peerless]
- … heck, all of the defensemen… [DSP]
- … and Chris Brown. [CSNW]
- The GM is gone. The coaches – four of them – are gone. Ball’s in your court, Alex Ovechkin. [WaPo]
- Or should they just up and trade the captain? [CBC]
- Maybe not. [Frankovic]
- And did it almost happen “a couple of years ago,” or is Boz just yappin’? [WaPo]
- Five questions that need answers (and have nothing to do with why this night is different from all other nights). [WaPo]
- Are the inmates running the asylum? [CBC]
- “If the Caps had a more bruising defence corps and a bit more consistency in goal, they could be a factor again soon.” Solid job identifying two things that aren’t among the Caps’ biggest issues. [Globe and Mail]
- McPhee not only built it, but unwittingly helped to tear it down. [OFB]
- The offseason is the worst season of all the seasons. [WashTimes]
- Never tell me the odds! (OK, tell me the odds.) [PHT]
- What the St. Louis Blues can learn from the 2009-10 Caps (hint: resist the urge to over-correct). [Grantland]
- Sure, the Filip Forsberg and Semyon Varlamov trades gets a lot of “worst trade ever” ink, but how about that Cody Eakin deal? [RMNB]
- I’ll admit that I have little idea what Game of Thrones is all about, but these are pretty rad. [RMNB]
- Finally, happy 34th birthday to Mathieu Biron and happy 58th to Steve Clippingdale.