Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s overtime loss from us, Vogs, Monumental video (Trotz, Holtby, Chorney, Alzner, Carlson), NHL.com, ESPN, PHT, SB Nation, Puck Daddy, WaPo, CSNMA, Frankovic, FiCP, Peerless, RMNB (gamer, game blogs), DSP, NoVa Caps, TribLive, and PensBurgh.
- News and notes from yesterday’s pregame skate:
- In general. [Dump ‘n Chase, Monumental video (Trotz, Sullivan, Pens locker room, Wilson, Beagle, Two-Man Advantage), NVC, ]
- Both teams are testing their depth as injuries and suspensions are depleting their rosters… [WashTimes]
- … Nate Schmidt appears to be getting the night off, and Mike Weber appears to be swapping his suit for a sweater… [CSNMA]
- … The Pens are rolling out some muscle… [WaPo]
- … and Dmitry Orlov will be skating with John Carlson . [WaPo]
- Congrats to Caps captain Alex Ovechkin , who was named as a finalist (along with John Tavares and Shea Weber ) for the League’s “Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award.” [Caps PR, WaPo]
- A couple of things we’re talking about when we’re talking ’bout the Caps… [Rink]
- Finally, happy 51st birthday to Grant Jennings, who is the only player in franchise history to have appeared in the playoffs for the Caps but never a regular season game.