Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight’s bout in the city of brotherly love from Vogs, AP, and Reuters, and be sure to swing by our pals over at Broad Street Hockey for the view from behind enemy lines.
- Anyone acting like Alex Ovechkin’s 878 goals (and counting) isn’t impressive or deserves an asterisk because some of them have been empty-netters can kindly kick rocks. [THN, RMNB]
- Hey, here’s a fun article about how all of the kids in the league grew up idolizing Alex Ovechkin that will definitely not make many of us feel old. [AP]
- A few leftovers from Tuesday night’s win over the Panthers. [Rink, S&S, THW, RMNB, THN-FL, LBC]
- The Caps have unveiled their special Black History Month jerseys, and as expected, they are pretty awesome. [Caps, video, AP]
- Current and former Vegas coaches – and Team Canada assistants – allegedly have beef with sweetheart Logan Thompson, leading to him being left off the roster. Their loss. [THN]
- Alex Alexeyev, Dylan McIlrath, and Jakub Vrana have been sitting on the sidelines as healthy scratches for quite some time – and Coach Carbery knows that’s not ideal. [THN]
- Checking in with the team after yesterday’s practice. [Caps video (Carbery, Carlson, Caps365)]
- A special figure skating tribute will be held at Capital One Arena in memory of the victims of last week’s tragic plane crash. [Caps, WaPo]
- Please enjoy almost two minutes of Brandon Duhaime mic’d up. [Monumental video]
- Finally, happy 71st birthday to Bob Sirois!