Washington Capitals General Manager George McPhee met with reporters for some 20 minutes at the team’s facility and cited penalties and goaltending as the major culprits that have caused the Capitals to lose nine of their first 11 games. McPhee had positive words for new coach Adam Oates and franchise player Alex Ovechkin, even though the former [...]

The New Jersey Devils aren’t only losing a top player, but they may also be losing another man behind the bench. Dave Stubbs of the Montreal Gazette reported Sunday that Larry Robinson, who helped Peter DeBoer guide the Devils to the Stanley Cup Final this year, will be named associate coach of the San Jose Sharks on Monday. Robinson would be the [...]

The 2012 Hockey Hall of Fame inductees are Joe Sakic, Pavel Bure, Mats Sundin and Adam Oates. Many are surprised that Brendan Shanahan wasn’t a first-ballot Hall of Famer while Sundin was, but it’s tough to argue with this year’s class. Bure and Sakic were among the most gifted goal-scorers of all-time while Oates was [...]

Darren Dreger reports that the Washington Capitals have selected former passing genius Adam Oates as their next head coach. Oates most recent job was as an assistant for Peter DeBoer with the New Jersey Devils, where he got some credit for running New Jersey’s power play. It will be interesting to see if Oates’ background [...]

Quick Hits from around the league: Stephane Veilleux has reportedly signed a one-year, two-way deal with the Minnesota Wild. The financial terms of the agreement were not immediately available. Veilleux had two assists in 22 games with Minnesota and New Jersey last season. Martin Brodeur hasn’t confirmed to New Jersey Devils GM Lou Lamoriello that he [...]

CSNWashington’s Chuck Gormley, suggests a short list of candidates to replace Dale Hunter as the Washington Capitals head coach. The list includes Ron Wilson, Paul Maurice, Flyers assistant Craig Berube, Devils assistant Adam Oates, Marc French of the AHL Hershey Bears, and John Hynes of the Penguins’ farm team. The Washington Post suggests Michel Therrien, Marc Crawford, Mike Keenan, [...]