Your savory breakfast links:
- Braden Holtby and Nicklas Backstrom both have one year left on their contracts, but that’s not stopping anyone from talking extensions. [WaPo]
- Alex Ovechkin, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Dmitry Orlov met up with Team Russia to begin their quest for another World Championship trophy. [RT]
- Team Sweden won’t get as much of a Caps injection, as both Backstrom and Andre Burakovsky will sit out the tournament with bumps and bruises.