Looking at the Caps possible head coaching candidates with Anson Carter
Told It Here!: 25 Iconic Years of Washington Capitals Hockey with Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin
NBC Sports Washington
4.8 • 528 Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2020
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Jordan Giorgio, JJ Regan and Nick Ashooh got together for another edition of the Caps Talk Pod to talk about possible head coaching candidates for Washington's vacancy. The crew also looks ahead to what the Caps might possibly do in free agency this off-season.
After the discussion Nick got the chance to sit down 1-on-1 with former NHL right-winger now NBC Sports hockey analyst. They discussed who Anson thinks should get the Caps head coaching gig, if he thought the Rierden firing was warranted, who he has in the Stanley Cup Finals as well as the project he has been working on with NBC called Hockey Culture a multi-platform content offering dedicated to bringing equality and inclusion to the sport of hockey.
Following the 1-on-1 discussion JJ blows his top when discussing why Holtby will leave Washington in free agency and Jordan confesses her secret love for the Tampa Bay Lighting.
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| 0:00.0 | So now that the dust has settled, I mean, maybe has it, I don't know, every time I start to think |
| 0:09.6 | about it or talk about it again, it feels fresh. First round playoff exit, Reardon's departure, |
| 0:15.2 | it is all starting to now sink in. But with that, you know, the past always stays in the past. It's time to look ahead |
| 0:21.9 | at who should take over this head coaching position of the Washington Capitals. It's no easy |
| 0:26.6 | task for a team, as we've mentioned before, and a fan base who have some high expectations, |
| 0:32.2 | especially with a small championship window with this current veteran group, JJ. |
| 0:42.0 | Yep. And the name we've heard so far as Peter Labulet, he would fit the mold of someone that Brian McLean was talking about, someone who would be able to push those |
| 0:45.6 | buttons with the team, keep the discipline. |
| 0:49.0 | So the wheels are moving. |
| 0:50.8 | We're looking into things. |
| 0:52.7 | No timetable yet, there's no indication on whether or not |
| 0:55.7 | close, but some of the names we've talked about looks like they are looking into them. |
| 1:00.2 | Lobby let makes sense in a lot of areas, especially with an organization that's in a win-now position. |
| 1:05.5 | I did tweet this out the other day, and there were certainly mixed reviews on it, but I had a |
| 1:09.8 | conversation with somebody that did tell me |
| 1:12.3 | that if the Capitals were to reach out to Bruce Boudreau, |
| 1:17.6 | he would listen. |
| 1:18.7 | That's all I can say. |
| 1:19.4 | Oh, I cannot wait to get into this. |
| 1:21.3 | If you hear his name at all, I'm just saying he would listen. |
| 1:25.0 | So you're saying there's a chance. All right, we're going with that. |
| 1:29.2 | We'll discuss JJ and Nick's frontrunners for head coach, what qualities and skills this new head |
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