Your playoff-opening links:
- The Japers’ Rink Radio crew is joined by Chris Watkins to break down the first round. [Rink]
- Buckle up, it’s time for the preview to end all previews (or at least to kick them off). [Rink]
- Get reacquainted with former Caps’ netminder Semyon Varlamov. [Rink]
- This year’s playoffs are going to be weird, wacky and unlike anything we’ve seen before. Buckle up. [WaPo]
- Two weeks after celebrating a Stanley Cup win with the Capitals, Barry Trotz had departed from the organization - now they face him in the playoffs.