Your savory breakfast links:
- Weather or not? The Caps and the NHL are keeping an eye on the weather and will provide updates regarding the status for the games on Friday and Sunday.
- A four-point star turn in Columbus has everyone talking about Evgeny Kuznetsov :
- Finally. What took everyone so long? [Yardbarker]
- The team’s future is in good hands. Or better yet – silky, silky mitts. [the dc’er]
- 4-11-15 in the previous 9 games gets you a boost in the scoring race and props from the fantasy experts. [TSN]
- Related: Kuzya is the wind beneath Justin Williams ‘ wings. [NHL.com]
- Keep playing like this and we’re gonna need a bigger thesaurus. [Pressbox DC]
- Adversity, the Caps have handled it… [S&S]
- … and in doing so have become the best Caps team since Brooks Laich came to Washington. [DC Sports Bog, Caps Outsider]
- Of course, having a clutch backup goalie like Philipp Grubauer makes some of that adversity slightly less adversive. [Yardbarker]
- Jeremy Roenick begs to differ. Adversity is just what the doctor ordered. [CSNMA]
- These regular season wins are nice an’ all, but Braden Holtby is aiming higher. [CSNMA]
- Just how high? This ESPN roundtable examines Chicago and their remarkable post-Stanley season, but hey, the Caps are dominating and might not be denied. [ESPN]
- Who are you and what have you done with Ryan Lambert? [Puck Daddy]
- Taylor Chorney you dirty dog just look at you with that sexy highest-in-the-league-for-players-with-more-than-30-games stat: 3.70 goals scored for the Caps per 60 minutes of ice time… [Puck Daddy]
- … and he’s doing this with a new D partner seemingly every other game. [WaPo]
- Move over Carly, Karl Alzner and Matt Niskanen are super duper simpatico these days. [WaPo]
- Ah, but John Carlson and much of the team were able to put smiles on some kiddies at the luncheon and free skate held for TAPS. [WJLA]
- Should the Caps trade for Jonathan Drouin ? [S&S]
- Finally, happy 66th birthday to Ron Anderson.