Your savory breakfast links:
- What to expect when you’re expecting a new week of hockey. Truth be told, yo. [Rink]
- After a post-roadie, post-record book day off, it was everybody back on the ice at Kettler for practice:
- In general. [Monumental video (Trotz, Ovechkin, Rinkside Update/Backstrom)]
- Well, almost everybody was on the ice. John Carlson and Jay Beagle skated briefly beforehand… [@washcaps]
- … and Tom Wilson left the ice shortly after practice began. [CSNMA]
- But fear not, TW43 should be good to go on Thursday, along with a couple of his slightly dented teammates. [WaPo]
- And besides, there was MR10 (!) practicing on the fourth line. [CSNMA (video)]
- Marcus Johansson is back from his two-game suspension and ready to contribute on the ice. [CSNMA (video)]
- Getting to know Mike Richards :
- One-on-one with Chuck Gormley. [CSNMA (video)]
- He’s been working on his game with Milan Lucic ‘s personal trainer. [CSNMA]
- Hey, nice hat. [Monumental (video)]
- The struggle is real. Fantasy GMs, you can leave him on your bench for the Vancouver game and probably longer. [WaPo, WashTimes]
- Alex Ovechkin mania continues:
- His shoulders are so sturdy he can even carry other teams’ fans. [Rink]
- The hockey puckerati ponder – could he actually be the greatest goal-scorer of all time? [TSN, Edmonton Journal]
- Former GM George McPhee certainly thinks so. [Sportsnet (video)]
- The probably not-very-hockey folk at 538 take a stab at it. [538 (podcast, at about the 24:24 mark)]
- How many? [B/R]
- AO8 is our everything. [Stars&Sticks, Caps Outsider]
- Part Two of Vogs’ interview with Alex. [Monumental (video)]
- Sorry, Caps fans, no way no how will this team make it to the Finals or get even a sniff at a Cup. Just look at their fleet forward corps, stalwart team defense, brick wall of a goalie and shrewdly intelligent coach. Goals for, goals against, division standings, pretty much every metric all portend disaster. Doomed! [THW]
- T.J. Oshie brings teh goalz. And teh hitz. [NoVa Caps Fans]
- No sophomore slump for Evgeny Kuznetsov . Pretty much the opposite, actually. [ESPN]
- Finally, happy 62nd birthday to Mike Palmateer plus a stick salute to the memory of Art Ross and his one (yes, really) NHL goal. He would have turned 130 today.