Your savory Sunday brunch links:
- Previews of tonight’s Game 3 with the Rangers from Vogs, NHL.com, WashTimes (Whyno), CSN Washington (O’Halloran), RtR, CRtC, Sick Unbelievable, and Scotty Hockey (Rangers), and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner Blueshirt Banter for more coverage from the other side of today’s match-up.
- Notes and assorted whatnot from yesterday’s practices:
- In general. [Caps365 video (Boudreau & players), Alex Ovetjkin]
- An apparent centerman swap. [ESPN (Burnside), NHL.com (Masisak), CI (here, here), 106.7 The Fan]
- The question not asked. Because for once we already know the answer. [NHL.com (Masisak)]
- Playoff beard benchmarks and first views of The Return of Scruffy Ovi. [bridgetds (pics)]
- Just call on me, brother, if you need a hand. [mediachameleon]
- From the Rangers side of things. [NY Rangers, Ranger Rants (here, here), Blueshirts Blog, NY Times (Klein)]
- Yeah, yeah, the whole “blowing a 2-0 series lead” thing. That is so 2009. And 2003. And 1996. And… [WaPo (Carrera), NY Times, NY Post]
- The playoff grind grinds on. [Puck’n’Hockey]
- It’s not personal, it’s business. [THW]
- Killer Instinct Caps. Now that will be something to see. [Toronto Sun]
- An endorsement from Mike Milbury. That’s good, right? [PHT]
- #fancystats:
- Michal Neuvirth is: Automatic. Superb. Unflappable. And then some. [WaPo (TEB)]
- …so naturally the Blueshirts have decided that he needs more company in his crease. [NY Post]
- Alex Ovechkin , leading by example. [NHL.com (Masisak)]
- Can’t spell “clutch” without Jason Arnott. [SB Nation DC]
- Marco Sturm has ein Fieber, and the only prescription is more Caps playoff hockey. [Blick.ch, donaukurier.de (both links in German)]
- Does an Alexander Semin hat trick have an upside? Well, it does mean the Caps have scored two goals. So there’s that. [Capitals Kremlin]
- Jason Chimera and a scoring touch, unironically. [SB Nation DC]
- Are you still ready to “Fire Boudreau”? Consider what it was like to be a Caps fan before his arrival and what a Capitals team without him might look like… [Homer McFanboy]
- …and then consider how it would be to face him behind the visitors’ bench when the Devils, Panthers, Senators, Stars, or Wild come to town. [PHT]
- WWDCT? [Puck Buddys]
- Another playoff preview, this one for Charlotte Checkers @ Hershey Bears, Game 2. [Patriot-News (Leone)]