Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of this afternoon’s duel avec Les Habitants from Vogs, NHL.com, AP, Canadiens, Montreal Gazette, Journal de Montreal, and Hockey Inside/Out, and be sure to check out our SB Nation pals over at Eyes on the Prize for the other side of tonight’s matchup.
- Alex Ovechkin is one of the NHL’s best-ever scorers. Of course, we knew this already… but it’s nice when people outside the Beltway catch on! [Sportsnet (video)]
- He also may be the pick for some to win this year’s Hart Trophy. [Stars and Sticks]
- With the trade deadline just a month away, it’s time to start wondering what the team will look like after it passes. [CSNW]
- Great story about Caps’ alum (and one of the franchise’s 40 greatest) Brendan Witt and his wife, Salima, helping to bring personalized messages to sick kids – and yes, there’s an app for that. [ESPN]
- A young Caps fan is in critical condition after a sledding accident, and needs your thoughts and well wishes. #Pray4BMan indeed. [RMNB]
- News and notes from yesterday’s practice:
- In general. [Monumental video (Trotz, Rinkside Update/Niskanen)]
- The Caps’ defense has been instrumental in engineering plenty of offense by working low to high. [NBC4]
- After sitting out most of the month as a healthy scratch, Michael Latta returned to the lineup against the Pens and made his presence known. [WaPo]
- Dmitry Orlov still doesn’t seem to be close to a return, but he’s holding out hope that he’ll be back this year. [WaPo, CSNW]
- Just like the rest of us, the Caps are intrigued by the new player-tracking technology that got a trial run at last week’s All-Star weekend. [WaPo]
- Jay Beagle:
fourth-line centerthird-line centertop-line winger, goal-scorer, utility infielder. [WaPo]
- Apparently there’s some other game happening after the Caps play the Blues tomorrow, and the boys have made their picks (or at least avoided a fine). [Monumental video]
- Taking a look at Caps’ prospect Riley Barber. [Stars and Sticks]
- Resident artiste Chris Bradford takes us all behind the scenes to give us a glimpse of the hard work that goes into crafting Backwards Slapshot. [Rink]
- Big night for the Hershey Bears and for Connor Carrick, as the defenseman tallied the 20,000th goal in team history last night in the rout over Lehigh Valley. [Patriot-News]
- Time to hop in the wayback machine and remember a time when a Redskins’ kicker won a Caps’ skills competition. [WaPo]
- Relive the week of All-Star festivities and All-Star vacations as told by social media. [Caps Outsider]
- Through 48 games, Barry Trotz has a record that is eerily similar to that of a couple of his predecessors. [Rink]
- And finally, happy 31st birthday to Mikhail Grabovski.