Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight’s battle with the Blueshirts from Vogs, NHL.com, Peerless, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partners over at Blueshirt Banter for the other side of tonight’s matchup.
- The Post crew discusses if it actually matters whether or not the Caps win the Metropolitan Division. [WaPo (video)]
- Using the most fun statistic site in the whole world – Super WOWY – to craft the best-possible Caps lines. [RMNB]
- News and notes from yesterday out at Kettler:
- In general. [Monumental video (Trotz, Alzner, Rinkside Update/Beagle)]
- After dropping the first game of the season series, the Caps are looking for a bit of revenge as they face a tired Rangers team… [WaPo, CSNW]
- …but they may be doing so with a depleted roster, as a few Caps are suffering from assorted bumps and bruises. [WaPo, CSNW (and again)]
- With those bumps and bruises comes an emergency recall – welcome back, Nate Schmidt! [Caps, WaPo, Patriot News, RMNB, StarsandSticks]
- This should come as no surprise, but Jason Chimera is something of a class clown. [WaPo]
- Andre Burakovsky is back on the wing during his stint with the Bears… but not the right wing. On a couple of levels. [Patriot-News]
- Speaking of Burakovsky, his demotion was “overdue” and “reflects Caps poor development plan.” Okay! [DSP]
- Curtis Glencross and Tim Gleason have survived their first week as Caps; so how did it go? [THW]
- Celebrate the wearin’ of the (Mike) Green and party with Alex O’Vechkin when the Caps wear their special St. Patrick’s Day jerseys during warmups this Sunday against the Bruins. [Caps, Caps Outsider]
- A look at every goal scored for and against the Caps when Jay Beagle was on the ice alongside Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Ovechkin. [RMNB]
- Thanks to his efforts producing the children’s book sensation “The Bulliest Dozer”, Eric Fehr is now an official Harlem Globetrotter – and an anti-bullying ambassador. [Monumental video, Winnipeg Sun]
- Ovechkin was one of the week’s top players… as he is most weeks, let’s be honest. [Hockey Wilderness]
- But would he make a good contestant on The Bachelor? [Puck Daddy]
- Ever wonder where Slapshot, Youppi! and all the other furry, feathery and sometimes terrifying mascots came from? Wonder no more. [99% Invisible]
- Finally, happy 48th birthday to Bill Houlder.