Saturday Caps Clips: Trouble with a Capital T

Your savory breakfast links:

• Three things we were talking about ahead of Game 2. [Rink]
• Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s loss from us, Vogs, Caps video (Reirden, Kuznetsov/Ovechkin, Carlson/Holtby, recap), NHL, AP, PHT, WaPo, NBCSW, Newsday (and again), NY Post, NoVa Caps (and again), RMNB, and Lighthouse Hockey.
• The Caps have dug themselves quite a hole. [NHL, NBCSW]
• With Nicklas Backstrom out of the lineup, the Caps have had to turn to Lars Eller to fill that 2C spot - and not for the first time. [NBCSW]
• The Caps could use a bit of line shuffling and perhaps some fresh blood... does that mean Connor McMichael’s NHL debut? Not everyone’s on board. [NBCSW]

Playoff news and updates from the side of evil:

• The Islanders’ acquisition of defenseman Andy Greene has bolstered their blueline. [Newsday]
• No one has experience in this COVID-19 playoff bubble, but the experience Barry Trotz does have is paying dividends so far. [Newsday]

And now back to the side of good:

• Perhaps the Caps would do well to move Evgeny Kuznetsov from center to wing. [THW]
• Black Ace Beck Malenstyn provides an update from deep inside the Toronto bubble. [Caps]
• Finally, happy 66th birthday to Roland Stoltz, happy 51st to James Black, and happy 45th to Brendan Morrison.