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Your savory breakfast links:
- Previews of tonight's Game 1 with the Bruins from Vogs, NHL.com, WashTimes, DSP, Puck'n'Hockey, CRtC and RtR, and be sure to check out our SB Nation partner Stanley Cup of Chowder for more coverage from the other side of tonight's match-up and throughout the series.
- Notes and assorted whatnot from yesterday's practice:
- In general. [Caps365 (Rinkside Update, Hunter, Hamrlik, Sjogren, Alzner, Beagle, Aucoin), WaPo, WashTimes, DCEx, CRtC]
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Braden Holtby, your crease and net are ready. [106.7 The Fan]
- Heja Sjöa! Long time no see. [WaPo, WashTimes, DCEx]
- What's it like to get your first start in a gen-u-wine Stanley Cup playoff game against the team you grew up rooting for? Let's ask Keith Aucoin. [WashTimes, NHL.com]
- Dear Diary: a Beagle-eye view of the Caps' quest for the Cup. [WaPo, Dump 'n' Chase]
- Joel Ward - It's go time. [WaPo]
- No guarantees this time 'round from Brooks Laich. [106.7 The Fan]
- Dennis Wideman looks back on his time in the black-and-not-Vegas-gold. [DCEx]
- "Puck drops at 7:30, Alex. Don't be late." [WaPo]
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Notes from the B's end of the ice:
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Practice notes. [CSNNE]
- Many players have made it back from their concussion rehabs in time for the playoffs. Nathan Horton is not one of them ... [WashTimes]
- ... and Milan Lucic is not fine with that ... [CSNNE]
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... as the team tries to muddle on through. [NESN]
- Adam McQuaid remains out for at least today's game and Johnny Boychuk will play. [CSNNE]
- In which the Bruins are mindful they must watch their P's and K's ... [CSNNE]
- ... right after F&B brought us the X's and O's. [Japers' Rink]
- What to do with Joe Corvo? Play him lots, is our suggestion. Then play him some more. [CSNNE, ESPN, SB Nation DC]
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Practice notes. [CSNNE]
- ... and yeah, Tim Thomas. Whatevs. [NHL.com, Boston Herald, RMNB]
- Ten reasons the Caps could win. [TBG]
- Seven questions. [WaPo]
- Five storylines to watch. [WaPo]
- Three Caps who may underperform in the playoffs. [Sick Unbelievable]
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Three keys to victory. [Next Year, DC]
- Bruins in seven. [CSNNE, Providence Journal, Prince George Free Press,
- Bruins in six. [SI]
- Bruins in five. [...]
- "So I think Boston in that one." - Blue Jays catcher J.P. Arencibia. [SportsNet.ca]
- Caps in any combination. [Frankovic]
- Roundtables with too many predictions to compile. [Mr. Irrelevant, Backhand Shelf, Caps Outsider, Puck Daddy, NBC4, Boston Globe, SB Nation]
- Yep, pretty much everyone. [RMNB, DC Sports Bog]
