Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight’s tangle at Tampa from Vogs (plus game notes), NHL.com, and Peerless, and check out our SB Nation buddies at Raw Charge for the other side of tonight’s match-up.
- Tampa netminder Ben Bishop‘s 1.95 GAA is tied with Braden Holtby, but in his ten losses his team has only scored an average of 1.7 goals-for, so, yeah. [Tampa Bay Tribune]
- News and notes from
yesterday’s practicethe #CapsDads roadie:- Out and about. [Monumental]
- At the Panthers game. [Monumental]
- “I got him up in the morning, and I got him to practice. He’s done all of this on his own. He’s just such a good kid, and I’m just so proud of him.” If it’s even possible, papa Tom Schmidt is even more endearing than his son. [WaPo]
- “A second look suggests the collision doesn’t check every box in the boarding category.” Matt Larkin goes to the THN War Room to examine the video of Tom Wilson‘s hit on Brian Campbell… [THN]
- … and speaking of which, it is time for the Caps to take a stand for their forward. [NVC]
- T.J. Oshie does cool things with the puck. In warmups, that is. [RMNB]
- Where have you gone, even-strength production? A nation’s capital turns its lonely eyes to you. Woo woo woo. [Pressbox DC, WaPo]
- Kevin Weekes sez that “Washington probably is the most consistent team on a night-to-night basis.” So yay Caps. [NHL.com]
- Congrats are in order for former Caps goalie Jose Theodore and one-time Caps assistant coach Ron Lapointe, who will be inducted into the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Hall of Fame in April. [NHL.com, LHJMQ (with cutie-pie Theo junior pic)]
- Prospect updates:
- Caps AGM and scouting guru Ross Mahoney spent about 20 minutes talking with Sirius NHL about prospects Ilya Samsonov, Jonas Siegenthaler, Madison Bowey and Jakub Vrana. [HockeyProspect (audio)]
- Brian Pinho is the second-line centerman for the only D-1 team that remains undefeated – and the reporter who covered him in prep school checks in. [Eagle Tribune]
- LeafsNation remembers a very forgettable 1989 draft. The Caps connection was Toronto’s selection of Rob Pearson 12th overall when they could have had Olie Kolzig (picked by the Caps 19th overall), but really, the pain of a bad draft is universal. And hilarious. [Pension Plan Puppets]
- Speaking of bad drafts, Cap-for-a-moment Keith Seabrook got to participate in “the most beautiful game of pond hockey you will ever see” a few weeks back. [BarDown]
- Finally, as the Caps get ready to break out their new old third sweaters, here’s a brief history of Caps unis. Featured: white pants! [NVC].