Thursday Caps Clips: Capitals vs. Blue Jackets Game 1 Game Day

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• For the Caps to have success this spring, they’ll need their next generation of homegrown stars to step up. [Rink]
• Get to know Pierre-Luc Dubois. [Rink]
• Previews of Game 1 from Vogs and NBCSW, and be sure to check out our SB Nation pals over at The Cannon for the other side of the series.
• Hear from some of the team and the coach after their last pre-playoff practice. [Caps video (Trotz, Burakovsky, Rinkside Update/Gruauer)
• Previewing the Round 1 series against the Blue Jackets. [Rink, NBCSW, NoVa Caps, RMNB, The Cannon (and again)]
• Predictions, predictions, predictions. [FiCP, RMNB, THW]
• This series could be decided by each team’s Russian superstars. [AP]
• The focus for the Caps will be on getting high quality shots over quantity. [WaPo]
• The Caps are expecting a physical, feisty series. [WaPo]
• But they’re definitely eager to get going. [NoVa Caps]
• A guide for the bandwagon-jumpers out there. [BSB]
• Breaking down the goalie matchup. [NHL]
• Philpp Grubauer has just one playoff game under his belt - but it was a big one. [Caps Outsider]
• In hindsight, perhaps we have George McPhee to thank for not taking Grubauer in the expansion draft. [NBCSW]
• The Caps are ready to make another playoff run; could this be the year? [NoVa Caps]
• Sergei Bobrovsky has struggled in the postseason in the past, but he’s relaxed and ready this year. [Dispatch]
• With an expiring contract, Barry Trotz’s future with the team could be decided by this playoff run. [WaPo, WashTimes]