The search for the Caps new Head Coach continues with SportsNet's Senior Hockey Writer Chris Johnston
Told It Here!: 25 Iconic Years of Washington Capitals Hockey with Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin
NBC Sports Washington
4.8 • 528 Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2020
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Nick Ashooh and JJ Regan got together to do the only thing we as Caps fans can do this off season... speculate about who the next coach will be. Will MacLellan bring in the controversial hire in Mike Babcock or the highly sought after Peter Laviolette? Could it even be former Las Vegas head man Gerard Gallant? The guys will give thier opinions on which direction the team should go then Nick will bring in Senior Hockey Writer for Sportsnet Chris Johnston to talk about the possible candidate, in particular Mike Babcock, someone Chris has a relationship with. Chris talks about the way things ended in Toronto for Babcock and why he might be the best fit to take this team where they need to go.
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| 0:00.0 | The interviews continue for the Capitals when it comes to the next head coach that they're looking for. |
| 0:08.5 | A lot of names have been thrown around, JJ, but as of now, we still sit and we still wait. |
| 0:14.2 | Yeah, the three big names. |
| 0:15.5 | The three biggest names out there are the three names that the Capitals are tied to, Peter, Labulet, Gerard Gallant, and Mike Babcock. I know we're going to talk a lot about one of them in particular in this |
| 0:24.7 | episode, but those are three guys who I think check all the boxes that Brian McLean was talking about. |
| 0:30.3 | All three are big-name coaches who have had some success in their careers. One of them comes |
| 0:37.0 | with a little bit more controversy than the other two. |
| 0:40.2 | So we'll see which route the Capitals ultimately decides to go here. |
| 0:44.7 | And the one with a little bit of controversy, we'll get a little background on him from |
| 0:48.4 | Chris Johnston of Sportsnet. |
| 0:50.4 | The Capitals Talk podcast brought to you by MGM National Harbor. |
| 0:53.8 | Starts right now. |
| 0:56.6 | His spectacular history making continues. |
| 1:02.3 | It's not a different barrage. |
| 1:04.5 | It's Lord Stanley, and he is coming to Washington. |
| 1:12.8 | Now, of course, I mentioned Chris Johnston, |
| 1:14.7 | who we're going to talk to a little bit, |
| 1:16.2 | but it's actually just going to be me |
| 1:17.2 | because JJ doesn't know what time zones are |
| 1:19.1 | and pulled the OB thing, |
| 1:21.6 | the AM versus PM a couple of years ago |
| 1:23.8 | when he woke up late for a practice. |
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