Tuesday Caps Clips

Your savory breakfast links:

• Exciting bloggy news to kick things off, as SB Nation has an agreement to provide content to NHL.com for the playoffs. Suh-weet. [WaPo]
• Chris Drury is day-to-day. [Blueshirt Banter]
• All eyes on Jose Theodore (who is "ready for prime time"... we hope). [WaPo]
• The Caps' power play will be facing a heck of a challenge. I'm betting they're up to it. [WaTi]
• The Caps are "a lot more relaxed" this year heading into the playoffs. We hadn't noticed. [SI]
• The Rangers have been good since the trade deadline (then again, they've had to be). [NYT]
• A chance to match wits with Stan Fischler (it's actually somewhat cool). [MSG]
• In the first in a four-part series recapping the Caps and Rangers shared playoff past, Vogs takes a look at the 1986 Patrick Division Finals (a series that featured Glen Hanlon and the guy pictured here for the bad guys). [Dump and Chase]
• The other side gets into the history, too. [Blueshirt Banter]
• A statistical breakdown of the series. [TSN]
• Caps offense vs. Rangers defense. [NHL.com]
• Caps in seven. [THN]
• Caps in six. [Illegal Curve]
• Oh no! Sean Avery! Please. [ESPN]
• The Rangers were terrible against good teams this year, and the Caps, FYI, are a good team. [Bird Watchers Anonymous]
• Psst... it's not how hot they were in March that matters (but interesting stuff nonetheless). [Blueshirt Banter]
• Schultz wins the Rod Langway Award! Oh. Nevermind. [FTR]
• A video game simulation had the Caps losing to the Bruins in seven in the Eastern Conference Finals. [PX360]
• The Caps' top-three beard-growers: Donald Brashear, John Erskine and Boyd Gordon (my guess is that Nicklas Backstrom finished behind the female population of Philly). [Empty Netters]
• Apparently Brash and Michael Nylander represent 40% of the NHLers who may not get another shot at a Cup after this year. Huh? [CanWest]
• A few power rankings:
  • Down one to fifth at CBSSports.com: "Ovechkin and company will have to provide enough fireworks to overcome a defense that is vulnerable. Can a team run and gun its way to a Stanley Cup in this day and age?"
  • Holding at seventh at The Hockey News: "Ovie wins second Rocket Richard Trophy, his 528 shots are second most in NHL history behind Phil Esposito's 550 in 1970-71"
• Yesterday we told you that Mike Green and Alex Ovechkin were up for Espos. Spoiler Alert! They won. [XM204]
• Seven questions with Green. [NHL.com]
• Uh oh. Internet voting. [NBC]
• Not even AO could save the Nats (and un-tuck that jersey, stat... or else). [OFB]
• If you thought Club Scarlett set women back thirty years, you probably don't want to click this link. [Puck Daddy]
• Ted talks. [XM204]
• A Baltimore-based paper puts AO on the cover and indicates that there may be some Charm City residents with more than a passing interest in the team's fortunes this spring and some overly parochial clown flips out (and calls two paragraphs of ranting an "article"). [Examiner]
• Don Cherry goes out on a limb and predicts that the Conference winners will play for the Cup. Bold. [CBC]
• Sorry, BMR, but we were there first. Or second. [BMR]