In this edition of Locked on Capitals Dan talks about Spencer Carbery arriving in DC and meeting the press for some questions. He talks about the importance of working with Alex Ovechkin. “It’s a huge responsibility for me as a head coach,” Carbery said. “I’ve watched and saw his greatness up close and indirectly and I take a lot of responsibility in that now. So, it’s my job as head coach to put him in situations where he can be successful and that’s what my challenge is and I don’t take that lightly at all. That’ll work into how we play as a group and that’ll be one of my focuses is how do we put him in situations to succeed.” He then talks about getting this Capitals team competitive again. “I feel like [my style of coaching] is being a strong communicator,” Carbery said. “Our players will know exactly what the expectations are. They’ll know exactly where they need to be. Communication with our group, that’s right here for me. The other part of that, which I feel like is the balance for me as a coach, is motivating, pushing, setting a high standard and expecting us to always meet that standard and that’s a part of it.“There’s a lot of proud, highly competitive champions on our roster that are gonna want to prove that we can still [make the playoffs]. That’s where my focus will go. How we actually do that on a day-to-day basis, we’ll get to work immediately on that.” Later Dan talks to Justin Trudel o Nova Caps about his thoughts on the Spencer Carbery hiring. And it's a Caps fan friday and Felix Bassey joins me to talk Caps.

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