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WASHINGTON — Heres an audacious way to get a promotion: Tell the big boss what hes been doing wrong. Jon Gray Jersey . Brian MacLellan did just that when he interviewed with owner Ted Leonsis for the Washington Capitals general manager job. „He led off with some of the things that I have to do to be a better owner,“ Leonsis said. „I thought that was very brave and very astute, because you dont want to hear things like that.“ MacLellans strategy helped him pull an upset. Leonsis was looking for a new direction and hadnt intended to promote from within after George McPhees contract wasnt renewed, but MacLellans candour helped him rise above the 15 or so candidates and land the job. „I didnt think I had anything to lose,“ MacLellan said. MacLellan has been with Washington for 13 seasons, including seven as assistant GM, but most of his work had been in scouting and he had rarely spoken to Leonsis. His message: When everyone in the organization is not on the same page, including the owner, the product on the ice suffers. Such was the case last season with McPhee and coach Adam Oates, and the result was a team that missed the playoffs for the first time in seven years despite 51 goals from Alex Ovechkin. „I think the important point I was trying to make is that I think the team feels when theres a disconnect,“ MacLellan said, „or (when) theres not a unified philosophy from ownership to manger to coach.“ MacLellan was introduced alongside Barry Trotz, the longtime Nashville Predators coach who replaces Oates. While MacLellan was one of many GM candidates, Trotz was the only coach the Capitals interviewed. His only hang-up was that he had to wait for a GM to get in place, and to make sure it was someone who shared a similar vision. „Its where I started,“ said Trotz, who coached the Capitals top minor league affiliate in the 1990s before spending 15 seasons with the Predators, „so I feels like I was coming home.“ Leonsis said he was keen to get someone with a solid track record after five consecutive McPhee hires who had no previous NHL head coaching experience. „We are not rebuilding the team,“ Leonsis said. „But we are going to refresh the team.“ Ovechkin has been forced to adjust to multiple offensive systems through several coaching changes in recent years. One of Trotzs priorities will be to sit down with the three-time league MVP and discuss the way forward. „My job as a coach is to find a way to allow Alex and the other players to reach their potential as a group, and be able to play together,“ Trotz said. „One of the very fundamental things, if you have a kindergarten, they give you your report card and they say, Do you play well with others? My job is to get everybody to play well with the others.“ Trotz downplayed his reputation as a defensive-minded coach, saying he didnt have the same firepower in Nashville that hell have in Washington. „I dont want to take anything away from the Capitals offensively. … (They have) great power plays and great individuals that can put the puck in the net,“ Trotz said. „I didnt have that in Nashville. I had some real good players, but not enough up front, so we become a little more of a defensive team.“ Trotz said he doesnt see why the Capitals cant get back in the Stanley Cup mix right away, assuming they can forge the unified gameplan envisioned by MacLellan. „Theres enough ability here,“ Trotz said. „We just have to forge a little bit of an identity going forward.“ Larry Walker Jersey . Sami Salo scored two goals as the Canucks overcame a hat-trick from Edmonton Oiler rookie sensation Ryan Nugent-Hopkins to win 4-3 in NHL action Saturday. Ryan Castellani Jersey . „Well over 50 (per cent),“ coach Claude Noel said Tuesday after practice, where the Jets were looking at ways to cut down the scoring chances theyve been giving away. SOCHI, Russia — International Ice Hockey Federation president Rene Fasel says womens hockey will „never“ be taken out of the Winter Olympics. Amid blowouts by Canada and the United States that have caused debate about the growth of the sport, Fasel said he would „guarantee“ womens hockey would not be removed because of a laack of competitive balance. David Nied Jersey. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, who said the league would be „distressed“ if that ever happened, responded simply with, „Good.“ Canada, which beat Switzerland 3-1 in the semifinal, and the U.S., which beat Sweden 6-1, meet in the Sochi Olympic gold-medal game Thursday. ‚ ‚ ‚

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