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from Elliotte Friedman of CBC, • Don’t be surprised if Adam Oates gets an interview in Washington. He played there (for George McPhee) when the Capitals went to the final in 1998 and is a huge part of the New Jersey coaching staff. There are a lot of parallels between good friends Kovalchuk and Alexander Ovechkin, and Oates played an important role in getting the former...
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Discuss
Will Adam Oates Be The Next Capitals Coach?
“My job now is to find the best human talent I can find to coach this club. I’m not in any rush to do that, because I haven’t really been thinking in those terms. I don’t know whether it’ll be by the draft or sometime in August, like New Jersey did. We’re going to take our time and get the right person.” -George McPhee, May 17, 2012
The Capitals find themselves...
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Capitals off-season not short on intrigue
The Capitals were the pre-season Stanley Cup favorite, and justified it by starting the season with seven consecutive wins. The rest of the season was the definition of a roller coaster; as a result they entered the postseason, as the No. 7 seed, with their lowest expectations in recent memory.Alex Ovechkin and company surprised hockey pundits by advancing to the second round. ...
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Hunter leaves Caps' mission to players
As Washington Capitals players were collecting their belongings from their practice facility Monday, they were dealt another blow just two days after their season-ending loss to the New York Rangers.
General manager George McPhee made the announcement that coach Dale Hunter had stepped down.
Hunter made the choice to return to his family -- and his major junior team -- in London...
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17 days ago
Dale Hunter Resigns as Caps Coach
The Washington Capitals announced Monday morning that head coach Dale Hunter will not return to the team to coach next season. Hunter resigned on Monday after a meeting with Caps GM George McPhee and after speaking with his family about whether or not to return. The OHL team that Hunter owns and used to coach, the London Knights, are in the Memorial Cup tournament, and Hunter...
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Dale Hunter out as coach of Washington Capitals
Dale Hunter is finished as coach of the Washington Capitals after less than one full season, telling the team he wants to return to his family in Canada.
Hunter says: ''It was the right thing to do.''
He told general manager George McPhee of the decision Monday, two days after the Capitals were eliminated from the playoffs by the Rangers in Game 7.
Hunter was hired...
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Dale Hunter Stepping Down as Washington Capitals Head Coach
Dale Hunter will not be returning to his job as head coach of the Washington Capitals next season.
The team’s general manager George McPhee said that this move was not unexpected, but it still may surprise some. Though the Capitals did do well in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, defeating the reigning champion Boston Bruins in the tightest seven-game series in NHL...
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Capitals Coach Steps Down
Dale Hunter told Washington Capitals GM George McPhee during a meeting this morning that he will not be returning to the Caps next year as head coach. The decision comes shortly after the Capitals early exit from the NHL Playoffs.
According to the Washington Post:
“Dale and I met about 10 o’clock and he let me know that he will not be able to return as the coach,” McPhee...
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Report: Hunter out as Capitals coach
Washington Capitals head coach Dale Hunter stepped down Monday, less than 48 hours after his team was eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs by the New York Rangers, The Washington Post reported.
General manager George McPhee said Hunter's decision did not come as a surprise, pointing out he was only hired on a one-year contract after taking over in late November for Bruce...
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Grading GM George McPhee
With another trade deadline approaching, and Washington Capitals General Manager George McPhee suddenly in the spotlight (or the cross-hairs), it's become obvious that there might be major changes this coming off-season. Before then, though, the Caps do still have a chance to make the playoffs. But to meet the season's original goals -- namely winning the Stanley Cup or at...
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February 17, 2012
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February 17, 2012
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