Quick Hits from around the league: Former Montreal Canadiens general manager Pierre Gauthier has joined the Chicago Blackhawks as director of player personnel, the Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday. Jamie Langenbrunner has inked a one-year contract extension with the St. Louis Blues. The deal is reportedly worth $1.25 million, but he could end up making an additional $250,000 if he meets [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

Craig Custance of ESPN reports that Washington Capitals forward Alexander Semin won’t be back in Washington next season. According to Semin’s agent Mark Gandler, the skilled forward has no intentions of signing a contract extension with the Capitals and plans on becoming an unrestricted free agent on July 1. “It was good while it lasted. With the lack of playoff [...]

Washington Capitals General Manager George McPhee said Monday that Dale Hunter has decided not to return to the Washington Capitals as coach for the 2012-2013 season. Hunter, who replaced Bruce Boudreau on November 28th, signed a deal only for the remainder of the 2011-12 season, which ended for the Capitals when they lost to the New York Rangers in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals [...]