Your savory breakfast links:
- The Caps have an embarrassment of riches in their top-six forward group, which means they also have lots of line combination options. [Rink]
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s win from us, Vogs, Monumental video (Trotz, Backstrom, Beagle, Holtby, Oshie, highlights), NHL.com, SovSport, The Score, AP, WaPo, WashTimes, CSNMA (blog, gamer), Frankovic, DSP, RMNB, Stars and Sticks, Pittsburgh Sporting News, WTAE, Tribune-Review, Post-Gazette, Peerless, and Pensburgh.
- Who’s up, who’s down, who’s hot, who’s not. [Rink, Stars and Sticks]
- Braden Holtby currently leads the League in wins, but earning the wins has been easy. Allegedly. [WaPo]
- More on the reports that teams are sniffing around Marcus Johansson. [Stars and Sticks, RMNB]
- News and notes from yesterday’s pregame skate:
- In general. [Dump ‘n Chase, Monumental video (Trotz, Wilson, Chorney, Rinkside Update/Beagle)]
- The Caps are familiar with what it’s like when there’s a new face behind the bench, and had plenty to say about the Penguins‘ recent regime change. [CSNMA]
- Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby are forever linked, and a new coach in Pittsburgh only reinforces that link… as coach killers!! (But not really.) [Rink]
- The recently-completed dads’ trip allowed Nicklas Backstrom to spend some quality time with his father, Anders. [gd.se]
- Having surpassed a couple of milestones in recent days, Barry Trotz is humbled by how far he’s come. [MJHL Hockey]
- Last night marked the first time former Cap Eric Fehr would face his old team as a Penguin. Wait… he played here? [WaPo]
- Looking at the top ten players of 2015. [Puck Daddy]
- Tomorrow night’s game will feature the Caps and Sens, but sadly it will not feature Racing Presidents vs. Prime Ministers. [WaPo]
- Should the Caps be looking around for a top-four defenseman to replace Brooks Orpik? [Stars and Sticks]
- Finally, happy 31st birthday to Kyle Wilson.