Your savory breakfast links:
- The latest labor-related news, non-news and assorted whatnot:
- “All in favor, say aye.” The members of the NHLPA overwhelmingly voted to authorize their executive board to issue a disclaimer of interest. We’re officially in uncharted waters, folks. [USA Today, TribLive, @DamoSpin]
- “Who cares!” Something called Fizziology is tracking what teh Twitterz are saying about the lockout. [Forbes]
- New Jersey governor Chris Christie cares … [Kukla]
- … and so does Fitch, the company that issues credit ratings for publicly-funded stadia. [Business Wire]
- Obligatory fan reax bullet. [USA Today, NBC4]
- A soft deadline for canceling the season final lockout showdown has been set. In the meantime…[Yahoo! Sports]
- Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom continue killing it in the K. [KHL.ru, RMNB]
- Joey Crabb and a few other Alaska NHLers are killing it in the E. [NatPo]
- John Carlson, Brooks Laich, Jason Chimera, Jay Beagle, Jeff Halpern, and Peter Bondra (!) are killing time at Kettler. [Hockey Shopped]
- Why a short season is doable. [Globe and Mail]
- Crystal ping-pong ballin’ a season-less draft lottery. [RtR]
- That Caps @ Bruins Game 7 was quite photogenic. [SI, NBC4]
- World Juniors update:
- Finland-USA friendly/tournament tune-up match begins at 6:30am Eastern, and should air live and again at 1:00pm on NHLNet. [HF Boards]
- On Riley Barber’s Christmas wish list: a
gold medalsandwich from Primanti’s. Priorities! [Team USA] - Filip Forsberg will need to make a great leap forward. [Yahoo.ca]
- Finally, vote. For us. Now. Yes, you. [WaPo]