The new Director of Broadcasting for the Washington Capitals, John Walton, has spent quite a lot of time with Caps’ bench boss Bruce Boudreau over the years, and witnessed first-hand a dramatic rise in the fortunes of the American Hockey League’s Hershey Bears, and not too many lows, under Gabby’s command of the Bears. Given his unique perspective, we asked John on our latest episode of Japers’ Rink Radio about Boudreau’s reputation as a “players’ coach” (and specifically whether he might be “too chummy” with the team), his ability to make adjustments at the highest level and, ultimately, whether he can be the coach to deliver a championship to Washington, and not just “set the table.”
His thoughts on Boudreau’s system tinkering from our chat last Saturday:
On many Caps’ players redoubling their summer workout efforts:
Listen to our entire interview with the new play-by-play voice of your Capitals for his thoughts on these questions, which of the Caps’ two young goalies he prefers, Mathieu Perreault‘s future, and much more here.