Your savory breakfast links:
- Recaps and other assorted musings on last night’s win from the us, the WaPo (blog, gamer), Vogs, Puck Daddy, DCEx, Joe B., Ed Frankovic, Peerless, OFB, FFODC, D.C. Sports Bog, Hockey Mom, CapsBlog, DC Landing Strip, RtR, A Capital Offense, Puckhead, and RMNB from the winning side, and PensBurgh, the Post-Gazette and Tribune-Review from the other side.
- Mike Wise weighs in on Ovechkin vs. Crosby with predictable (Wilbonian?) results. [WaPo]
- Anyone who has been paying attention knows that Bruce Boudreau has settled on his playoff starter. Damien Cox, therefore, has not been paying attention. [The Star]
- Back in the world of the living, AO is the most valuable skater in hockey… [Puck Prospectus]
- … and he and Nicklas Backstrom are fantasy studs going forward. [ESPN]
- Mike Green is even better than you think he is. [Cult of Hockey]
- Is NBC hoping for Caps/Flyers? [Puck the Media]
- Alexander Semin, immortalized in a “History Will Be Made” parody. [Puck Daddy]
- Caps OT… they just keep comin’. [CSN Washington]
- NHLN’s Top 10 Goals of the Season rocks a little red. [PHT]
- We know that the Caps are better than they were a year ago. Are the Pens as well? [PensBurgh]
- Flyers fans debate who they hope to see in the playoffs. Click for the picture, stay for the content. [BSH]
- A firsthand account of Cody Eakin‘s Sunday. [Ravings of a Rink Rebel]
- Dmitry Kugryshev is Hockey Future’s top-rated drafted wing in the Q. [HF]
- Finally, let’s take a moment and give thanks. For on this date back just six short years ago, per the HHoF, the Caps, “coming off their worst season in 26 years, moved ahead of Pittsburgh and Chicago to gain the 2004 No. 1 overall pick, when they won the NHL Draft Lottery (with a 14.2% chance).” Can I get an amen?