Friday Caps Clips: Final Four Friday

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• Today in Olympic hockey: Finland vs. USA (3:00p Eastern, NBC), Slovakia vs. Canada (9:30p Eastern, CNBC). More on the Olympics:
  
  • Igor Larionov knows a thing or two about winning, so when he talks, you listen. And when he says, "We have Ovechkin, but not much beyond him," you worry for Sochi. [Heavy Medal]
  • Here are more thoughts on Russia's loss. [OFB, Russian Hockey Fans, ESPN, Vancouver Sun, Dump n' Chase]
  • How will Ovi take the loss? [DCEx, The Hockey News]
  • A final stat rundown for the Caps Olympians. [RtR]
  • Veering off into our coverage of the coverage portion of today's Clips, there's plenty of Mike Milbury fallout to pore over. [Hockey Independent, Examiner, FanHouse, Puck the Media, and DCEx (and this one's not about Milbury's slur, but his reaction to the Dan Boyle slew foot of Alexander Semin)]
  • Then there's this ugly-lookin' incident, albeit without much context at all. [Puck Daddy, Alex Ovetjkin, Peerless, RMNB, FanShot]
• Plenty of notes from yesterday's practice. [CI]
• The Caps are gearing up for a run at the President's Trophy (bonus nugget: "one guy had surgery over the break." Any guesses?). [Ed Frankovic's Blog]
• Why it's potentially good that all five Caps got sent packing early. [The Star]
• Mike Green (who's apparently in great shape) on the break: "It was nice to have some time off to rest my body and refresh my mind. It was a good week-and-a-half break, but I’m ready to get back to it." Perfect. [Corey Masisak]
  
• NBC has chosen Caps/Hawks for its March 14 game (perhaps surprising, given that Flyers/Rangers was an option). Must've been the FanShot. [NHL.com]
• Another take on the Caps' top prospects. [FanPost]
• Cam Janssen on his five-game suspension for cheap shotting Matt Bradley: "I think that’s terrible. What if I do it again? What’s the next decision going to be... 20 games? Now I’ve got that in back of my head." Uh, that's kinda the point. [Morning Skate]
• Gotta love Joé Juneau. [CP]
• Will the trade deadline impact the Bears? [LDN]
• Finally, happy 58th birthday to Larry Bolonchuk, of whom I'd never heard prior to two minutes ago.