Your savory breakfast links:
- … second star we see, well, tomorrow night. Congrats again, Holtbeast. [Rink, Caps, WaPo, CSNMA, WashTimes, DSP, Stars and Sticks]
- Lies, damn lies, and the Caps’ week in preview. [Rink]
- By the numbers, the Caps are still looking good, though the trend has been a bit down of late. [Rink]
- News and notes from yesterday’s off-ice activities:
- First, it was team-building day at Joint Base Andrews [Monumental pix ‘n’ vines, RMNB]
- BTW, was it really a great idea for Andre Burakovsky to feed his right arm to the K-9? [Caps OT]
- Then Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dmitry Orlov and Stanislav Galiev made good on their Caps Casino Night auction and went bowling with their winning bidders at Lucky Strike. And check it – Ovi bowls lefty! [Caps OT (Ovi, Stas)]
- First, it was team-building day at Joint Base Andrews [Monumental pix ‘n’ vines, RMNB]
- “This is when the Caps, weary from the schedule of the previous week and a half, began eroding the will of the fresh-legged Leafs.” Vogs breaks down the last eight minutes of Saturday’s win at Toronto. [Dump ‘n Chase]
- Related: It was a true relief for Tom Wilson when he finally scored his long-awaited first goal of the season. [WaPo, CSNMA]
- JONX! Vegas loves them some Caps and Bovada has them as their frontrunner in Stanley Cup odds. [CSNMA, CBS Sports]
- Item #20 in this November roundup listicle posits three reasons why the sports books are getting excited. [USA Today]
- Hey, let’s check in on the Caps’ PDO. [THW]
- Examining Coach Trotz and his work with young players. [THW]
- Jason Chimera‘s Caps teammates are excited for the Ice Cheetah’s recent success. [CSNMA]
- It is perhaps a bit early to get excited about a prospect who won’t come Stateside for three years minimum, but Ilya Samsonov sure seems like an exciting player. [S&S]
- Hmm. Adidas is putting its CCM/Reebok hockey division up for sale. [NY Post]
- Finally, happy 35th birthday, Big Cheese.