Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s loss from us, Vogs, Monumental video (Trotz, Holtby, Ovechkin, Niskanen), NHL.com, AP, WaPo, CSNMA, Puck Daddy, Peerless, NoVa Caps Fans, RMNB, and from the other end of the ice, Blueshirt Banter, NY Post, NJ.com, NYDN.
- Say hey, Nate Schmidt. As in hey Ovi, here’s a puck for you. [RMNB]
- As the possession time (if not goals-for) tilted the ice the Caps’ way, Coach noticed the NYR getting creative in delay tactics. [Puck Daddy]
- Point: Yep, that was Marc Staal hacking Ovi right in the brobeans. [CSNMA, Puck Daddy]
- Counterpoint: No way. It was totally a naccident. [@PLeonardNYDN]
- Lies, damn lies, and the Caps Weekly Preview. [Rink]
- How did this year’s ten-game start compare to last year’s ten-game start? Not sure if we should look at game eleven. [Rink]
- Braden Holtby ‘s eight-game season start is the best of his career. But yeah, game nine. [Rink]
- Notes and assorted whatnot from the morning skate and general gameday chatter:
- In general. [Vogs, Monumental video (Two-Man Advantage, Trotz, Rinkside Update/Beagle), NoVa Caps Fans]
- The Caps have not forgotten the emotions of last year’s Game 7. [WaPo]
- Two great warriors, one shiny silver chalice that both seek. [NYDN]
- Are the Caps for real? John Buccigross and Barry Melrose discuss. [ESPN (video)]
- Smart money’s on the Caps in this WSH-NYR contest. [Eye on Hockey]
- Bitter rivalry is bitter. [CSNMA]
- Dmitry Orlov is still knocking off the rust. [WaPo]
- Reviewing the Caps’ faceoffs, installment #2. [NVC]
- Finally, happy 37th birthday to Rick Berry.