Your savory breakfast links:
- Taking a look at where each of the Eastern teams on mandatory vacations stands heading into their break. [NHL]
- The Capitals’ power play became the gold standard back in 2012, and teams have been imitating their 1-3-1 setup ever since. [NYTimes]
- Storylines to watch in the month leading up to this year’s trade deadline. [NHL]
- Crossing the Metro to see what the buyers may be up to at the deadline. [Pensburgh]
- Thanks to the growth of Samsonov and fellow Bear Vitek Vanecek, along with Pheonix Copley’s pending UFA status, the future in net is very much up in the air.