Your savory breakfast links:
- Notes, quotes and assorted whatnot from yesterday’s day off (short version: Gabby has cooled off a bit, the power play still stinks, and there might be lineup changes for Game Six). [CSN Washington (Masisak), WaPo (CI, CI), NHL.com (Rosen), DCEx, Habs Inside/Out, AP]
- Scheduling note: no Japers’ Rink Radio this week due to, well, real life events.
- Game Five’s goals broken down. [EOTP]
- Eric Belanger is tougher than you are. [D.C. Sports Bog, CI, DCEx, Habs Inside/Out]
- Thoughts on possible Game Six lineup moves. [A Capital Offense]
- On the odds of the Caps winning the series. [RMNB, Puck Prob]
- Bruce Boudreau wasn’t thrilled with the late too many men penalty in Game Five, was he? [D.C. Sports Bog]
- Alexander Semin‘s disappearing act is garnering more attention by the day (well, outside of D.C., at least). [Damien Cox]
- Is Alex Ovechkin avoiding the Russian media? [RMNB]
- “Having a lousy playoffs is nothing new for Capital defenceman Mike Green. He had lousy playoffs in junior also.” Oof. [Toronto Sun]
- Checking in with our favorite barfly. [Peerless]
- Ten things Four Habs Fans hate about the Caps. [Four Habs Fans]
- No Habs No! [PPP, PPP]
- Four struggling Caps need to, um, stop struggling. [Peerless]
- Plenty of discussion regarding Mike Green and the Norris Trophy Finalists, with the most ridiculous entry first. [DelCo Times, Puck Daddy, FanHouse, PHT, NBC Washington]
- Speaking of Norris Voting, Craig Custance had Green first (but whiffed on his Hart ballot). [Sporting News]
- Lots o’ pretty on the cover of Northern Virginia Magazine. [Northern Virginia Magazine]
- Face-time for some of the better-known Verizon Center faithful. [Washingtonian]