Lots of clips from the weekend, so let's jump right in:
- WaPo recap and blog, WaTi recap, blog and column.
- They've fired up the waaahmbulance in Pittsburgh as well. [Tribune-Review]
- Pot. Kettle. Black. [CK]
- Peerless's recap is here (and they don't call him the Peerless Prognosticator for nothing - he called 5-2). PensBlog's is here. Different tone, but both worth reading.
- So that's why Pierre McGuire spends so much time defending Sidney Crosby. [Buffalo News]
- All anyone else wanted to talk about was Alex vs. Sid, so here's Puck Daddy, Mirtle, Illegal Curve, FanHouse, Capitals Insider.
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Mike Milbury is effusive (to put it mildly) in his praise of AO. Corey, too. Jim Matheson, too. Larry Wigge, too.
- Check out the scoring on the Bolts' first goal for a quick reminder of how far the Caps have come (and how far Tampa has to go). [NHL.com]
- A bit of Stecks love. [NHL.com]
- Do the Caps need to add a veteran backup goalie? [Frankovic]
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Michael Wilbon... eh, who cares what Michael Wilbon thinks? [CK]
- GMGM had a very good year in 2004, didn't he? [DC Pro Sports Report]
- Apparently Karl Alzner is one of those guys who says "bada-bing, bada-boom." [AHL.com]
- I'd have thought Feds was one of the ten oldest skaters in the NHL. Not so. [Mirtle]
- Happy 43rd Birthday, John Druce.