Brian MacLellan remains in charge as Washington’s NHL team embarks on a period of transition.
Brian MacLellan is 64. He played his first NHL game 40 years ago. He has spent nearly a quarter-century as a scout and executive with the Washington Capitals. The 2023-24 season will be his 10th as general manager. He won a Stanley Cup as a player. He won another as a roster builder. The path to another won’t be easy.“I like the job,” he said by phone. “I like the challenge of it. Ex-players always say coaching is the closest thing to competing still.
Because of his history with the club and his accomplishments leading it, the Capitals are not only extending MacLellan’s contract — which was due to end after this season — but are promoting him to president of hockey operations and general manager. The move, which was announced Monday, is for an undisclosed number of years and will allow longtime team president Dick Patrick, 76, to slide into a less active role as the franchise’s chairman.
Carbery is getting this chance in part because the Capitals haven’t won a playoff series since they won the Cup in 2018 under Barry Trotz. Not only are the most important players on the roster older — Ovechkin will turn 38 next month — but most are signed to contracts that could weigh on the team in the future. Backstrom, 35, and Oshie, 36, are signed through 2024-25. Carlson, 33, is signed through 2025-26, as is Ovechkin, who is feverishly pursuing Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record for goals.
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