Your savory breakfast links:
- Rounding up the rumors about who the Caps may or may not be targeting ahead of Monday’s trade deadline. [Rink]
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s win from us, Vogs, Monumental video (Caps: Trotz, Ovechkin, Orlov, Backstrom, Orpik; Wild: Torchetti, Kuemper, Spurgeon, Koivu;
highlights), NHL.com, AP, WaPo, CSNMA, Frankovic, Star Tribune (and again), Peerless,
DSP, Stars and Sticks, RMNB, NoVa Caps, and Hockey Wilderness.- Defenseman John Carlson sat out last night’s game after his old injury flared up again. Stay tuned. [WaPo, CSNMA]
- Ladies and gentlemen, Brooks Orpik: goal-scorer. [Caps Outsider]
- News and notes from yesterday’s pregame skate:
- In general. [Dump ‘n Chase, Monumental video (Trotz, Holtby, Rinkside Update/Backstrom)]
- Caps GM Brian MacLellan talks pending free agents, the trade deadline, resting players down the stretch, and more. [WaPo, CSNMA (and again)]
- Last week it was Marcus Johansson; now the flu has moved on to Michael Latta. Thanks, MoJo. [WaPo]
- Matt Niskanen has gone from a frequent healthy scratch in Dallas to a resurgent career as a top-four blueliner, first in Pittsburgh and now in DC. [Dump ‘n Chase]
- Human ball of sunshine Nate Schmidt brings energy and personality to the Caps. [Star Tribune]
- Braden Holtby‘s slump, options for Brooks Laich, and more questions and answers about the team. [CSNMA]
- Take a look at what the mainstream media had to say about the Caps – and where they rank them – this week. [Rink]
- The Caps are not – absolutely NOT – Russian spies. Nope. End transmission. [Crooked Scoreboard]
- Guess which team plays a huge role in a list of five trades for prospects that actually worked… and even comes out looking good on a few of them? [CBS Sports]
- Reflecting on the potential demise of the NHL role player. [The Guardian]
- More on last weekend’s Dreams for Kids event at Kettler. [Bisnow]
- Happy 60th birthday to Mike Kaszycki.