Jay Leach leaves Caps
We talked about the possible replacement of one or both of Bruce's assistants in an earlier Fanpost and it looks like the Caps were listening.
Assistant Coach Jay Leach will not return to the Caps after five seasons with the team, GM George McPhee confirmed this afternoon. Leach coached the defensemen.
"It was a mutual decision," McPhee said. "He's a good man and a good coach and he helped us get to where we are."
Coach Bruce Boudreau's other two assistants, Dean Evason and Dave Prior, will return next season. Boudreau inherited Leach, Evason and Prior when he took over in Nov. 2007.
A replacement for Leach has not been named.
So the question now is, who do they find to replace Leach and what should they be looking for in that replacement?
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Nice find, b.
Jacques Lemaire?
Wouldn’t that be fun?
by Love and Osechkin on May 26, 2009 3:41 PM EDT reply actions
Since Leach headed up the Defense...
Why not Langway? I think they need to go in a different direction defensively as it is.
I don’t know much about coaches, to be honest. I’ll let you guys speculate, since the only time I ever coached a team we went 0-3-5 in the regular season and 0-1 in the playoffs. I will admit, Stevens or Langway would be neat.
I'm so sick and tired of the refs explaining the calls like this is the NFL.
The Bears only have one assistant, Mark French. He joined after Boudreau left for DC.
by Scott in Shaw on May 26, 2009 6:54 PM EDT up reply actions

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