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Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s win from us, Vogs, Caps video (Reirden, locker room, recap), NHL, AP, CBC, WaPo, NBCSW, Frankovic, Toronto Sun, Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, FiCP, NoVa Caps (and again), RMNB, and Pension Plan Puppets.
- Oh, just Goal #650. No bigs.
Alex Ovechkin opened the scoring for the @Capitals with his 650th NHL goal and now sits six shy of tying Brendan Shanahan (656) for 13th place all-time. #NHLStats #WSHvsTOR pic.twitter.com/84lYnMvdN7
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) February 22, 2019
- Evgeny Kuznetsov is delightful. This creative sign honoring his best celebration is delightful. His reaction to seeing the sign is delightful. [Caps]
- Devante Smith-Pelly officially cleared waivers and was assigned to Hershey yesterday... [Caps, NBCSW, WashTimes, NoVa Caps, Starsand Sticks]
- ...which opened the door for the big move of the day, the acquisition of Carl Hagelin from the Kings. [Rink, WaPo, Kings Insider, AP, OC Register, LA Times, ESPN, NBC Sports, Sportsnet, SI, NBCSW, WashTimes, RMNB, FiCP, NoVa Caps]
- For his part, Hagelin seems pretty excited to be joining the team he’s terrorized for so many years. [Aftonbladet]
- News and notes from yesterday’s morning skate. [Dump ‘n Chase, Caps video (Reirden, Rinkside Update/Carlson)]
- Everyone’s looking for their own Tom Wilson. Too bad for them, the Caps got the last one. [Toronto Sun]
- The Caps’ Cup win last year proved that you don’t need six John Carlsons patrolling the blueline to win it all. [Toronto Star]
- As the NHL’s EVP for Social Impact, Growth Initiatives & Legislative Affairs, Kim Davis has the tough job of making sure the League isn’t just paying lip service to being inclusive. [FTW]
- Phase II of the Capital One Arena renovations are set to be completed this summer, including a shiny new scoreboard and video screen. [Cap One, WaPo]
- The Bears have finally moved into a playoff spot... and all it took was a historic 15-game point streak! [NBCSW]