Your savory breakfast links:
- Problem 1: As constructed, the Caps’ third line is not a typical “shutdown” line. Problem 2: Brooks Orpik is struggling. The solution? Read on. [Rink]
- Recaps of last night’s win from us, Vogs, Monumental video (highlights, Trotz, Burakovsky, Carlson, Holtby, Laich), NHL.com, AP, SovSport, WaPo, CSNMA (gamer, blog), Frankovic, StarsandSticks, RMNB, and from Beantown, CSNNE (gamer, blog), Boston Herald, NESN (and again), Boston Globe, and Stanley Cup of Chowder.
- Good lord, Dmitry Orlov. [Caps OT]
- The Caps checked in with a five-on-three goal, but the power play is still struggling. [WaPo, CSNMA]
- Well, there goes that fightless streak… [CSNMA, Caps Outsider]
- Examining the feast and the famine of the Caps’ breakout. [Along the Boards]
- News and notes from yesterday’s pregame skate:
- In general. [Dump ‘n Chase, Monumental video (Trotz, Chimera, Rinkside Update/Holtby)]
- A day at the beach helped Nate Schmidt to an impressive performance against the Rangers, and that performance is keeping him in the lineup. [WaPo]
- Michael Latta has shuffled between the active lineup and the pressbox so far this year, but he’s looking to make the former more permanent. [CSNMA]
- Dmitry Orlov is awesome. [RMNB]
- Many congrats to Barry Trotz, who was named to the coaching staff of Team Canada for next fall’s World Cup of Hockey. [Monumental video, Caps Today, Caps OT, Caps, WaPo, Puck Daddy]
- Amid the talk of decreased scoring and how to “fix” it, Mitch Korn explains why it would be a bad move to make nets wider. [Puck Daddy]
- Despite a bit of a stumble against the Rangers, the Caps could still be the team to beat in the Metropolitan Division. [StarsandSticks]
- With Jakub Vrana out indefinitely after having successful wrist surgery, the Bears have lost a game-changer. [Stucc’s Glove and Blogger]
- Finally, happy 37th birthday to Keith Aucoin, happy 58th to Rollie Boutin and Nelson Burton, and happy 57th to Paul MacKinnon.