Your savory breakfast links:
- Gone – for now? – but not forgotten, Nicklas Backstrom’s presence is still felt on the team he’s helped lead for over a decade. [WaPo]
- Good news: Anthony Mantha should be good to go for Saturday; bad news: Darcy Kuemper suffered another injury in yesterday’s practice, status unknown. [NHL, THN]
- Thankfully while he heals, Kuemper’s backup, Charlie Lindgren, is off to a red-hot start to the 2023-24 season. [Monumental, THN]
- A few leftovers from Lindgren’s shutout performance over Vegas Tuesday night.