Round I Daily Report 4-14-2010

The Local Yokels:

(Com)Post.  Examiner: chance at redemption, yak away.

The Neutral Observers:

ESPN.com: Series Preview, not going to miss much. AP Wire. TSN.ca: trash talk, toothless warning. CBC.com.

Open Source Intelligence:

Montreal Gazette: already nervous, underdogs.

Today's Spin:

It's just us, but we'd preferred that Bruce Boudreau had kept the head games regarding the starting goaltender going until warmups tomorrow night.  But playing head games with the status of Nicklas Backstrom, the only player who played all 82 games this season, is fine with us.  It may also serve Boudreau well to plant those seeds because Backstrom has not been able to handle top line duties in the playoffs so far in his brief career.