Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s loss from us (QuickCap, Morning After), Vogs, Caps video (Carbery, Carlson, Strome, Dowd, recap), Hurricanes, NHL, AP, WaPo, NoVa Caps, RMNB and Category 5 Hockey.
- Before things went terribly, terribly wrong last night, John Carlson made some history with his 500th career assist – the first Caps’ blueliner to achieve that feat. [Monumental]
- The Caps also welcomed back longtime Caps’ defenseman and Stanley Cup champ Dmitry Orlov:
- Here’s a happy thing: Tom Wilson is going to the All-Star Game again. He spoke yesterday about the honor of representing the Caps in his hometown. [Caps video, WTOP]
- Here’s another happy thing: Team USA, including Caps’ prospects Ryan Leonard and Ryan Chesley, took home the gold medal over the host country yesterday at the World Juniors! [USA Hockey, AP]
- Kisses!
- Prior to last night’s game, there was – as always – injury news both good and troubling. [Caps, THN]
- How does a now-healthy Max Pacioretty fit into the Caps’ lineup going forward, and what does he bring to the team? [Monumental]
- Some women’s hockey news, because we can:
- As the PWHL gets underway, could Washington be a destination for eventual expansion of the league? Yes, please! [THN]
- Learn more about this brand new league, why it feels different, and why it’s important that it does. [EOTP]
- By the way, if you’re not watching, you should, because a lot of other people are – to the tune of 2.9 million in Canada for the inaugural game, and thousands more on YouTube. You can tune in on the PWHL YouTube channel this afternoon (3:15 pm ET!) to catch former Cap and current Minnesota coach Ken Klee’s squad hosting superstar Marie-Philip Poulin and Montreal at a packed Xcel Energy Center…just saying.
- The Caps’ next few games are going to be crucial to their playoff hopes. So, uh…good start. [RMNB]
- Finally, happy 34th birthday to Nicolas Deschamps, happy 69th to Alex Forsyth, happy 48th to Richard Zednik, and happy 23rd birthday to the big man himself, Aliaksei Protas!