By Anthony Caruso III | Publisher
The Washington Capitals have promoted Brian MacLellan to general manager. The team will officially introduce MacLellan to the media tomorrow along with new head coach Barry Trotz.
MacLellan’s official title will be Senior Vice President and GM.
“I am extremely honored and excited about the opportunity I have been given with the Capitals,” said MacLellan. “Over the course of my career, I have worked in acquiring the necessary skills to excel in this position. We have built a solid foundation, and I look forward to implementing my ideas to get us back to competing for the Stanley Cup. Also, it is a great pleasure to welcome Barry to Washington as the new head coach of the Capitals. Barry’s teams have always played with structure, discipline, and intensity, and I look forward to him leading us to success for many years to come.”
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He is the sixth general manager in team history. He has spent the past 13 years within the Capitals front office after the past seven years as the Assistant GM and Player Personnel.
In his previous role, he oversaw the team’s professional scouting staff and worked closely with the Hershey Bears, the team’s American Hockey League affiliate. He was also a pro scout from 2000-03 with the Caps.
He is a former player, who won a Stanley Cup with the Calgary Flames in 1989. He played 10 years in the NHL while playing for the Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, Minnesota North Stars, the Flames, and the Detroit Red Wings. He scored 172 goals and assisted on 241 goals for 413 points in 606 NHL games.
Trotz returns to the coaching ranks after spending the past 15 seasons with the Nashville Predators. He was fired by the Preds after the 2013-14 season.
“I am very excited to join the Washington Capitals and want to thank Ted Leonsis, Dick Patrick and Brian MacLellan for this opportunity,” said Trotz. “This is a great organization with a strong foundation and a tremendous fan base. I look forward to working with this group of talented players and the quality front office staff this team has assembled.”
He was previously the longest-tenured coach in the NHL at the time of his firing. In addition, he was the only head coach in the Preds history until his exit.
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He is 15th on the NHL’s list of head coaching wins. He has the fourth most wins, amongst active head coaches, only trailing Chicago Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville, St. Louis Blues head coach Ken Hitchcock, and Dallas Stars head coach Lindy Ruff.
He was previously a head coach from 1992 through 1997 within the American Hockey League with the Capitals’ top affiliate. He began as the Baltimore Skipjacks head coach in 1992 before the team moved to Portland, Maine, and then coached the Portland Pirates.
He took the Pirates to two Calder Cup Finals in four years. The team won the Calder Cup Championship during the 1994-95 season.
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