Thursday Caps Clips: Capitals @ Panthers Game Day

Your savory breakfast links:

• Previews of tonight’s clash with the Cats from Vogs, FOX Sports FL (video), Sun Sentinel, Peerless, DC Puck Drop, and be sure to visit our SB Nation pals over at Litter Box Cats for the other side of tonight’s matchup.
• His career year is putting John Carlson in the perfect position to pick up some serious cash this summer. [WashTimes]
• With another lengthy break wrapping up, the Caps will look to avoid the rust of their bye week. [THW]
• The Caps have gone into overtime quite a bit of late; expect to see even more “free” hockey around the League down the stretch. [WaPo]
• News and notes from yesterday’s practice. [Caps video (Holtby, Rinkside Update/Kuznetsov, Trotz), NoVa Caps (and again)]
• This will be Barry Trotz’s third stint at the All-Star Game, but he appreciates this one more for the difficult journey he - and the team - have taken to get back on top. [NHL]
• The Caps will be facing a Panthers team that is suddenly shorthanded in net, with Luongo already on the shelf and Reimer injured Tuesday in Dallas. [Panthers, Yahoo]
• Taking a closer look at Lars Eller’s great season thus far. [FiCP]
• Proposing a trade that could benefit the Caps. [NoVa Caps]
• One of the members of the inaugural Caps’ squad, Ron Lalonde, reflects on just how different that expansion squad was from the upstart Golden Knights. [USA Today]
• Finally, happy 49th birthday to Steve Maltais, and happy 53rd to Esa Tikkanen.