Brian MacLellan Interview
Told It Here!: 25 Iconic Years of Washington Capitals Hockey with Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin
NBC Sports Washington
4.8 • 528 Ratings
🗓️ 2 December 2019
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Rob catches you up on both victories over Thanksgiving weekend against Tampa & Detroit before his conversation with the Capitals GM Brian MacLellan (8:58). The GM discusses the latest regarding contract negotiations with both Nicklas Backstrom & Braden Holtby, future contractual situation with Alex Ovechkin, new additions such as Brendan Leipsic & Rasko Gudas, the system they play on the ice, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | On Friday night, the capitals roar back from a 3-1 deficit after two periods against the Tampa Bay Lightning at home for their fifth win when trailing by multiple goals in a game that's the most in the NHL. |
| 0:17.6 | The next night they go into Detroit, the worst team in hockey, find themselves down one-nothing after one, |
| 0:24.4 | and come back behind an Alex Ovechkin Hattrick with not one, but two empty net goals. |
| 0:31.5 | I'll break down those two wins. |
| 0:33.1 | Plus, I go one-on-one with Brian McClellan to get his thoughts on the Nicholas Baxter contract situation |
| 0:39.9 | and how Nick Jensen can become a more effective player for the Caps. |
| 0:45.2 | I'm Rob Carlin. |
| 0:46.0 | The Capitals Talk podcast starts now. |
| 0:48.3 | He's guys. |
| 0:50.5 | Simply that's safe to Alex. |
| 0:52.9 | So that's still going to score. It's not So that's It's not a dream |
| 0:56.2 | It's not a desert barrage |
| 0:58.4 | It's Lord Stanley |
| 0:59.7 | And he is coming to |
| 1:02.6 | Washington |
| 1:04.3 | What's up, |
| 1:06.7 | Caps fans |
| 1:07.3 | It is time for another edition |
| 1:08.3 | of the Capitals Talk podcast |
| 1:09.8 | We are brought to you by cbs |
| 1:11.6 | health where health is everything we get set for the caps to go out west take on san jose on |
| 1:19.0 | tuesday l a l a on wednesday and then they close out the trip in anaheim on friday night and they |
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