Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight’s rivalry matchup from Vogs, FLM, and NoVa Caps.
- Tonight is the first of back-to-back Metropolitan Division matchups that could determine the season for the Caps. [S&S]
- Coach Carbery loves hockey, but he geeks out over NFL, particularly the coaching of his beloved San Francisco 49ers. [WaPo]
- The Capitals’ recent signing of defenseman Ethan Bear should help bolster their defensive depth. [THW]
- The Boston College freshman line of Caps’ prospect Ryan Leonard, Gabe Perreault, and Will Smith, continue to tear it up wherever they go, and look to keep it rolling at the WJC. [USA Hockey]
- Updates from yesterday’s practice, where the power play got a new look and Coach Carbery had a bunch of updates – both good and bad – on the team’s injured players. [Caps video (Carbery), THN (and again)]
- Rankings of power for the new year. [The Score, THW]
- Finally, happy 27th birthday to Gabriel Carlsson, and happy 55th to Rick Tabaracci!