The Capitals search for their new head coach is finally over. Peter Laviolette was named the new head man in Washington. Laviolette has 18 years of experience as a head coach most recently with Nashville for five and a half seasons, leading them to a Stanley Cup Final in 2017 before being fired in January. He has also won a Cup with the Carolina Hurricanes in 2006 and lead the Flyers to a championship game in 2010.

For this episode of the pod, Nick Ashooh and JJ Regan first get into some thoughts on the hire and if JJ thinks he is the right man for the job. Following that discussion, Alexa Shaw and Nick got the chance to talk to Capitals GM Brian MacLellan about the new hire, his expectations for the team under this new coaching regime and what Coach Laviolette brings to the table that the Caps have been missing these past two seasons.

After saying goodbye to MacLellan, we brought in the man himself, new Caps Head Coach Peter Laviolette to discuss what made him choose Washington, what we can expect going forward from this team, how happy he is to have Ovi on his team and not playing against him, plus you don't want to miss the story behind the bull mask press conference!

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