Your savory breakfast links:
- The review of this week in Caps history ends with a cautionary tale - “Be careful of what you wish for...” [Rink]
- A report from Russia indicates that Alex Ovechkin has sustained a lower body injury that could keep him out of the World Cup of Hockey:
- Alexei Schevchenko’s report stated that Ovechkin got injured in a “non-core” activity, and that test results (and a full examination) were pending, but that doctors were estimating a three-week recovery. [Sport-Express]
- Ovechkin refuted this report in the most Ovi-possible way - by Instagramming a skating/shooting session and flashing a big ol’ peace sign at Dynamo Moscow’s practice facility:
- The Capitals also quickly refuted the claim as team spokesman Sergey Kocharov called Ovechkin in Moscow, and received assurance that he is fine and training hard.