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
🗓️ 1 July 2019
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Rob Carlin sits down with GM Brian MacLellan for his observations from Capitals Development Camp, background on some draft picks, and his thoughts on Brooks Orpik's retirement.
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| 0:00.0 | Scor! |
| 0:02.0 | Alex Ovechkin, still going strong, overpowering at 600. |
| 0:10.0 | Scor! |
| 0:12.0 | Backstrom has tied it. |
| 0:14.0 | Cuttley fire, rebound, doorstep, it's in! |
| 0:18.0 | Save Bain by Braden. Hold me. |
| 0:22.0 | Oh my! |
| 0:24.5 | As Alex Chuck was robbed, |
| 0:26.4 | the Washington Capitals are the 2018 |
| 0:28.1 | Stanley Cup champions. |
| 0:34.4 | Cap's |
| 0:35.0 | Development Camp 2019 is in the books and now we wait if and when we will see any of these guys actually in a Caps uniform that will be determined by their play and their progression on the ice over the next few years. |
| 0:53.0 | What's up Caps fans? Rob Carlin for a special Capitals talk |
| 0:57.2 | podcast. Today I sit down with Brian McClellan. I actually did this during the week, during the camp. |
| 1:04.3 | It's interesting because the GM, the scouting staff, they do their work, they compile all their |
| 1:09.5 | information, and they make their picks sometimes it seems |
| 1:13.4 | like a bit of a stretch i don't think many people thought connorick michael would go where he went but the |
| 1:18.4 | caps saw value there they saw a guy who's developed with the hunter brothers at london which turns out |
| 1:24.7 | a lot of players and they felt that was the right guy. And speaking with |
| 1:27.8 | him, you'll hear from Mac, they think they found a kid who's going to play out of a 200-foot game |
| 1:32.6 | the right way. And I talked about this on a Todd Reardon podcast a couple of days ago. Same thing. |
| 1:38.5 | They're going after kids with high IQs, high morals, good people. That's what they do. That's what they're looking for. |
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