Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight’s clash with the Cats from Vogs, AP, and Reuters.
- The Caps made a few changes to a power play that “has gone a little bit stale”, per Coach Carbery. [Caps video, WaPo, RMNB]
- Charlie Lindgren doesn’t have any hard feelings toward his netminding partner after Logan Thompson signed a six-year deal – but it does bring up questions about his future in DC. [THN]
- Meanwhile, Thompson’s just been looking for an opportunity, and a team that believes in him. With the Caps, he’s got both. [WaPo]
- In this house, we – and the Caps – celebrate Black History Month, dammit. [NHL]
- Both Ryan Leonard (1-3-4) and Cole Hutson (2-2-4) had big nights as BC and BU each opened the Beanpot with a lopsided victory…and now they’ll go head to head in the final next Monday! [SI]
- Team Russia isn’t participating in the 4 Nations Face-Off (not surprisingly). But if they were… [THW]
- Happy 81st birthday to Gary Smith, happy 56th to Joe Sacco, happy 39th to Steven Oleksy, happy 27th to Beck Malenstyn, and happy 21st to Ivan Miroshnichenko!
- Finally, sending all our healing thoughts to Craig Laughlin, who will undergo heart surgery today – rest up and we’ll see you back in the booth soon, Locker!