Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s blowout win from us, Vogs, Monumental video (Trotz, Backstrom, Wilson, Grubauer, Williams, Sill, highlights), NHL.com, AP, CP, Reuters, WaPo, CSNMA, Frankovic, Peerless, DSP, RMNB, Stars and Sticks, NoVa Caps, Friends in Cold Places, and from Canada’s capital, Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa Sun (and again), and Silver Seven.
- Alex Ovechkin’s 500th was a nice goal, but 501 was (yet another) gem, as he beat a pretty good defenseman to get it. [Puck Daddy]
- Remember how early in the season the Caps were in pretty good health? Cherish those memories. [WaPo]
- The Man. The Milestone. The Moment. [Monumental video (Ovechkin, tribute video), Caps, AP, NHL.com, Rink, SI.com, Puck Daddy, USA Today, CBS Sports, ESPN (and again), The Score, SovSport.ru, WaPo, CSNMA, Ottawa Citizen, NJ.com, Too Many Men, THW, DSP, RMNB,NoVa Caps, Caps Outsider]
- See and hear the shot that put Ovechkin into the 500-goal club. [Monumental video, Capitals Voice, CSNMA]
- The team had plenty to say about their captain’s illustrious achievement. [CSNMA, RMNB]
- As for Ovechkin, he gives some of the credit to all of us. Aw, you’re welcome, big guy! [CSNMA]
- No matter which way you look at it – in the context of today’s NHL or in terms of all-time scoring – Ovechkin is making his case as one of the game’s greatest. [CBS Sports (and again), WaPo, NHL.com]
- His greatness and goal-scoring prowess should be celebrated… which is what we’ve been trying to say for the last 11 years, but whatever. [ESPN]
- Look back at the other 499 that led up to this moment. [WaPo, SI.com, NHL.com]
- Evgeni Malkin is a great player in his own right, but… the Caps are probably pretty happy with their selection back in 2004. [NHL.com]
- Even as Ovechkin continues to put up big numbers, he’s surrounded – perhaps for the first time – by a deep, talented team with great potential. [NHL.com]
- Among the members of that deep, talented team is a pretty spectacular goaltender in Braden Holtby, who has Mitch Korn to thank for taking him to the next level. [THN]
- Counting down the top 10s of the first half of hockey, with plenty o’ Caps goodness prominently featured throughout. [Yahoo!]
- There are a lot of reasons why the Caps are the toast of the NHL right now. [CSNMA]
- A few leftovers from Saturday’s win in New York. [Dump ‘n Chase]
- Rank ’em! [Rink]
- The Caps have had some recent injuries take key pieces out of their lineup – but with a “next man up” mentality, they’re still getting it done. [Stars and Sticks]
- The week in review. [Peerless, NoVa Caps, RMNB, All About the Jersey]
- News and notes from yesterday’s pregame non-skate. [Dump ‘n Chase, Monumental (Trotz)]
- Finally, happy 51st birthday to Tim Bergland, happy 54th to Kent Carlson, and happy 43rd to Ryan Mulhern.