Friday Caps Clips: Holtbeastly

Your savory breakfast links:

• Recaps and other assorted musings on last night's win from us, Caps365 video (Hunter, Caps players, Julien, B's players), Vogs, Capitals Voice, NHL.com, WashTimes (gamer, blog, blog, photos), WaPo (gamer, blog, blog, blog), DCEx, CSNW (gamer, Beninati),106.7 The Fan, Puck Daddy, PHT, THN, SI, Eye on Hockey, USA Today, Frankovic, Peerless, RMNB (gamer, blog), DSP, SB Nation DC, KOL, OFB, Caps Outsider, Sick Unbelievable, RtR, Puckhead, Caps Examiner, DC Pro Sports Report, Caps B-Ball, Piratical Turk (pics) and clydeorama (pics).
  • Hosanna Heysanna Sanna Sanna Ho Sanna Hey Sanna Ho Sanna ... Holtby. [CBS Boston, Les Coulisses du Sport, WaPo, Sporting News, 106.7 The Fan, PHT, RMNB, BHerald]
    • "He's in the game, Don." [@TheGoalieGuild (video)]
    • An on-the-glass view of a Holtby save. Lucky bastard. [@DCRhino12 (video)]
  • Clock blocked. [ESPN, WashTimes, CSNW]
  • Alex Ovechkin falling into his own bench is entertaining in any language. But of course. [25Stanley]
  • It's the playoffs, where your best players have to be your best players ... [BHerald, NHL.com, CSNW]
  • ... and where even your All-Star players can get a wee bit exposed. [PHT]
  • Playoffs, baby. [WashTimes]
  • A nearly too-close shave for David Krejci. [SB Nation]
  • Looks like we're gonna get a double dose of #CapsBruins on NBC this weekend. [Puck the Media]
• Dmitry Orlov reflects on his rookie season, but won't grade it, since it isn't over yet. [SportsDaily.ru, via GoogleTrans]
• Attaboy, Beags. [NHL.com]
• News you can use - the playoff beard update. [Caps Outsider]
• Mike Green - still a keeper. Buy low! [Dobber Hockey]
• Sasha Fierce! [Hockey Players as Kids]
  
• The 2011-2012 AHL postseason starts tonight as the Hershey Bears travel to Mohegan Sun Arena to face their oh-so-familiar foes: the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Baby Pens.
  • Previews. [Patriot-News, Chirps From Center Ice, Hershey Bears Hockey]
  • The matchups. [Patriot-News]
  • The ... underdogs? [Patriot-News]
  • Oh hai there Squeaks. Welcome back to Chocolatetown; you've been missed. [Patriot-News]
  • The Bears will have to muddle on through without the services of Joel Rechlicz for the first five games or so. [AHL.com]
• The South Carolina Stingrays play Game Four of their second-round Kelly Cup series against the Kalamazoo Wings tonight. As they are down 0-3 in the series, they face elimination in this best-of-seven. [Rays the Roof]
• Taking stock of the Caps' college and Eurocupboards. [Hockey's Future]
  • A promising picture of Evgeny Kuznetsov from Riga, Latvia, where Team Russia is preparing for its next tournament. [@plysenkov]
  • Though this interview is perhaps even more promising. [Soviet Sport via GoogleTrans]
  • And Stanislav Galiev and the Saint John Sea Beasts prepare for the Q's third playoff round vs. the Chicoutimi Sagueneens. [Buzzing the Net]
• Proud Papa Anders is proud: It was a solid night for Marcus Johansson and also for his big brother Martin Johansson, who captured the SEL crown with Nick Backstrom's former team, Brynäs. Mojo wore a spiffy gold tie and scored a spiffy first-shot goal on Tim Thomas to commemorate his brother's championship. Solidarity! [Aftonbladet.se]
• Finally, happy 62nd birthday to Mike Lampman.