Todd Reirden Interview
Told It Here!: 25 Iconic Years of Washington Capitals Hockey with Joe Beninati and Craig Laughlin
NBC Sports Washington
4.8 • 528 Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2019
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Rob sits down with Capitals Head Coach Todd Reirden at Capitals Development Camp. They discuss Brooks Orpik retirement, the trade of Matt Niskanen, and some of the biggest name prospects.
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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! |
| 0:30.4 | As Alex Chuck was robbed, the Washington Capitals are the 2018 Stanley Cup champions. |
| 0:36.9 | Cap's development camp continues out of MedStar Capitals Iceplex, wrapping up on Saturday morning when the team actually holds a scrimmage. |
| 0:41.7 | I get to see some of the players that they've drafted and developed, as recently as this past weekend, all those guys out on the ice actually playing in the game. |
| 0:49.2 | But for the time being, drills on the ice, off the ice, away from the rink in the hotels. They continue to learn |
| 0:57.3 | about the players and the people that they've drafted over the last couple of years. |
| 1:01.9 | What's up, everyone? This is a special edition of the Capitals Talk podcast as Camp |
| 1:06.8 | wraps up. Had a chance to sit down with the head coach. Todd Reardon this week and really got our |
| 1:13.1 | first chance to talk to him about a couple of big major moves, which was A, Brooks Orpick retiring, |
| 1:19.4 | B, the trade of Matt Niskin. Those are the two guys they brought in specifically to change a culture, |
| 1:26.6 | help them win a Stanley Cup, and make them one of the |
| 1:29.7 | winningest organizations in hockey. |
| 1:31.5 | And all those things were accomplished. |
| 1:33.9 | And Todd Reardon was just as important as anyone to actually bring them here because they |
| 1:38.3 | all came together from Pittsburgh. |
| 1:39.5 | And as you'll hear in the interview, it's rare when you get to work as a coach with a guy for nine years or 10 years like he did with Niskenen and with Orpick. |
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