Your savory breakfast links:
- Our own Rob Parker chats with John Walton about the blueline for today’s Morning Drive. [Capitals Voice]
- Preview of tonight’s preseason battle with the Bruins from Vogs, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partners over at Stanley Cup of Chowder for more from the other side of tonight’s match-up.
- Of course, the big story of the day was the unveiling of the uniforms the Caps will wear when they host the Blackhawks in the 2015 Winter Classic on January 1, and the surrounding hoopla.
- On the uniforms. [Rink, Monumental (video), Ted’s Take, Puck Daddy, WaPo, DC Sports Bog, CSNW (and again), THN, Sporting News, PHT, CBS Sports, RMNB (and again and pix), Capitals Hill (and again), Too Many Men, Capitals Outsider, SportsLogos.net, Icethetics, UniWatch, SI.com]
- On the inspiration for the uniforms. [Monumental, RMNB]
- On the Winter Classic itself. [Monumental video (Ovechkin, Backstrom, Holtby, Leonsis (and again), Bettman (and again), Lerner), NHL.com (and again), WashTimes, CSNW (and again), NBC4, CBS DC, Washingtonian, TTR, Inside Hockey]
- On the 24/7-like series that will cover the lead-up to the event. [Monumental video (Greenberg), NHL.com, SB Nation, WaPo, Sporting News, RMNB]
- On the trio of Caps who were there to model the new sweaters (and their afternoon at Nats Park). [Rink, DC Sports Bog, RMNB]
- Before there were those, there were these. [Rink]
- Back to actual hockey…
- Notes on Monday night’s loss to Philly. [Dump ‘n Chase]
- Might the battle for second-line center supremacy between Marcus Johansson and Evgeny Kuznetsov might come down to who stinks less in the face-off dot? [WaPo]
- Down a couple of lines, Michael Latta is fighting for that spot in the middle of the fourth set of forwards. [WaPo]
- Brooks Orpik answers five questions related to his new gig. [NHL.com]
- Brooks Laich and Troy Brouwer: two men enter the top-six… only one can stay? [BrooksLaichyear]
- One of the least-feared 50-goal scorers in NHL history will, once again, contend for the scoring title (while presumably not frightening anyone along the way)… [THN]
- … and odds are pretty decent that he might lead the League in goals. Again. Ho-hum. [Puck Daddy]
- It’s not “actual hockey,” but something more important: actual life. And Barry Trotz is doing it right. [WaPo]
- Prior to his Jayson Werth/Adam LaRoche -worthy beard making its Nats Park debut, Braden Holtby did a couple of radio hits. [WTOP, Elliot In The Morning]
- The Captain also spoke with Kathryn Tappen recently about, oh, this and that. [TFR Sports Hub]
- Don’t step on the logo on the floor. Yes, that’s where your feet are. Still, don’t do it. Just don’t. [Capitals Hill]
- The biggest question facing many mixed-religion couples as they embark upon marriage is how they’re going to raise the kids, so… will they be Caps fans or terrible people? [DC Sports Bog]
- Hey, the Caps are hiring! [NHL.com]
- The story is about Bears’ winger Tim Spencer, but the headline is too good to miss. [Patriot-News]
- Finally, happy 26th birthday to Karl Alzner. Also, here’s wishing our Jewish friends a happy and healthy new year… whenever it starts.