At long last, the NHL playoffs are beginning. Our nation’s Capitals have the #2 seed, giving them home ice advantage in any playoff series they are in other than on against the #1 Boston Bruins. For the first round, they’ve drawn the #7 New York Rangers. The puck drops tonight on Comcast SportsNet at 7:06 p.m.<\/p>\n
Coverage this time around is pretty intense. The Post<\/span> has a bunch of stories and columns in the Capitals section<\/span><\/a> and this video with beat writer Tarik El-Bashir<\/span>:<\/p>\n El-Bashir is chatting<\/span><\/a> at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n The Caps got 7 out of 8 possible points in their four games with the Rangers this year. Historically, they have tied four playoff series with the Rags with each team winning 11 games.<\/p>\n Other places to go for intense coverage: The Wash. Times<\/span><\/a>, Japers Rink<\/b><\/a>, I don’t know how much I will be posting this time around, but my Recommended Reading<\/span> (top right) will have lots of Caps headlines in it.<\/p>\n Of course, why we fight:<\/p>\n
Dump and Chase<\/b><\/a>, On Frozen Blog<\/b><\/a>, A View from the Cheap Seats<\/b><\/a>, Bleatings from a Caps Nut<\/b><\/a>, The Peerless Prognosticator<\/b><\/a>, Ted Leonsis<\/b><\/a>, CAPITALS NEWS NETWORK<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n