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Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight's rumble with the Desert Dogs from Vogs, Peerless, NHL.com, AP and NoVa Caps, and be sure to visit with our SB Nation buddies at Five for Howling.
- Chandler Stephenson, the Swiss Army knife of Coach Trotz’s squad. [WaPo]
- What’s the secret of Alex Ovechkin ’s success in his age-32 season? Coach asked him to kindly start moving his feet. [Sportsnet, PHT]
- It was great to see Nathan Walker back on the ice in a Caps practice uni. He’s here with the team during the Christmas roster freeze, but the organization knows he really needs to get in some games. [RMNB (and again)]
- Oh hey the Caps are doing that thing again. That losing until they start winning thing. [PHT, Puck Daddy]
- Here’s the first of the George-McPhee-prepares-to-face-his-old-team articles. [Las Vegas Sun]
- Related: Is Nate Schmidt still good or nah. [RMNB]
- Finally, if you’re shopping for that perfect last-minute gift for your favorite hockey team, here’s an option - "Greatest Hits" CD of the past decade, with one song missing. That they will complete this season. [USA Today]