Yeah and I thought that was pretty good for Kerrigan to just miss the cut. There is a ton of young talent out there, so to essentially be in the top 20 is pretty good.

List was pretty good. Kerrigan got mentioned so I will take it

Beltway, I appreciate your sentiment and while I’m not denying that Ovie can be tough on coaches, Hunter DID NOT give into him like Boudreau and others did. Hunter got his way by benching Ovie at big moments and, if you read a lot of the accounts in the Washington Post and some other media [...]

Dale Hunter wanted to go back home, but there’s a lot more to this story behind the scenes than we all know. I’m not going to start throwing out some things until I can somehow verify what I was told earlier today. The person who told me has given me some good tips in the [...]

Ovechkin isn’t going anywhere… he’s got a lifetime contract, essentially, and no other team wants that deal — if the Caps were willing to trade him, which they aren’t…

Meg, I have no idea who is going to be the Caps’ coach…

I remember the one All-Star game when Jagr went off during the game about Ron Wilson. Wilson was soon gone. Ovie has done nothing like that. All he does is play hard every game. I think he could have been critical during the playoffs about the lack of playing with Nick Backstrom but he kept [...]

Good point about the coach getting them to buy in and having the experience of already winning a Cup.

Any names you suggest they target in their coaching search?

I don’t think there was an Ovechkin conflict. If you read Ovie’s quotes throughout the playoffs, this was the first time he said that he was putting the team first. Boudreau never got him to say that…. Hunter has an amazing deal back in London, Ontario, and this was his decision to leave. As for [...]

This was Dale Hunter’s decision 100% of the way and the team was going to give him a nice deal to stay but he didn’t want to be here and I’m not shocked by his decision. I’m surprised somewhat, but his relationship with Alex Ovechkin was terrible and a BIG part of why he left [...]

I certainly don’t know the story about junior hockey in Canada and therefore I am confused. How lucrative can owning a junior hockey be? I understand wanting to be near family but if he really is a “Caps for life” kind of guy, why wouldn’t he want to come back if the Caps and others [...]

@ Gary- I don’t think Hunter’s system was good for how the Caps are constructed, but I think it is a better overall fit. I see the Caps like the Suns in NBA (not the Suns currently but of the last decade), a flashy team that play uptempo and on a given night can beat [...]

Rob I don’t know if I’m buying it, i feel like if the Caps offered him a long term contract and some say in bringing in the type of players he needs he would have stayed. This would not be the first time a coach ‘fell on the sword’ so to speak.

Let’s be clear: the Caps wanted Hunter back and he decided to leave. They did not let him walk.

True the Caps are not built for the kind of hockey they played under hunter, which may or may not have been the reason for the great game, good game horrible game performances. Defense alone will not win games in any sport and offensively the Caps this season were for the most part uncomfortable at [...]

I’m shocked he wanted to leave too with so much on the table so to speak. But he cited family reasons for leaving and wants to be in Ontario. So it doesn’t sound like he was forced out, it sounds like he just didn’t want to stay. I’m sad but don’t blame Leonsis or GMGM [...]

I feel though he had to be forced out somewhat, I’m just shocked that he wouldn’t want to coach if given the full opportunity.