Your savory breakfast links:
- Reflect back on 12 months of awesome moments from this Caps’ squad. [Rink]
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s win from us, Vogs, Monumental video (Caps: Trotz, Holtby, Johansson, Niskanen, Ovechkin; Sabres: Bylsma, Gionta, Girgensons, Eichel; highlights), NHL.com, AP, WaPo, CSNMA (blog, gamer), Frankovic, DSP, RMNB, Friends in Cold Places, Peerless, NoVa Caps, Sabres, Buffalo News, and Die by the Blade.
- This game had a body count, as the Caps lost both Jay Beagle and Nicklas Backstrom to injury… and the former might be out for quite awhile. [NHL.com, CSNMA, RMNB]
- Last night’s win featured yet another one of those awesome behind-the-net seeing-eye backhand passes from Evgeny Kuznetsov. Or as he calls them, “lucky plays”. [Caps Outsider]
- Previews of tonight’s visit to Raleigh from Vogs, Peerless, and NHL.com, and be sure to stop by our SB Nation partners over at Canes Country for the other side of tonight’s matchup.
- Top of the heap! [PHT]
- Down a few bodies, the Caps are still confident that they can fill in the gaps and continue on at the same pace. [CSNMA]
- News, notes and walking wounded updates from yesterday’s morning skate:
- In general. [Dump ‘n Chase, Monumental video (Trotz, Sill, Rinkside Update/Niskanen), Friends in Cold Places]
- John Carlson underwent an MRI and has gone from “questionable” to “out a few games”. [WaPo]
- One of the strengths of the Caps’ lineup has been their defensive depth; with Carlson and Brooks Orpik sidelined for the foreseeable future, that depth is being tested. [WashTimes]
- Meanwhile Michael Latta was out against the Sabres with an arm injury, but it doesn’t appear to be serious. [WaPo]
- Braden Holtby: still good. [StarsandSticks, RMNB]
- 2015 in review:
- Looking ahead to 2016, which could be the year of Alex Ovechkin and, more importantly, the year of the Caps. [The Score, PDL]
- Happy 60th birthday to Gary McAdam.
- Finally, from all of us here at the Rink, thanks for helping to make 2015 an awesome year – and here’s to bigger and better things in 2016. Have a safe and happy new year!