How bout them Caps?

[DavidM]

listening to his tone during the press conference after the buffalo game he knew he was toast. Getting lit up by half of an AHL team means you lost the team.

I know I called for canning bruce at the end of last season, but Im not excited about this move. firing a coach is half of the equation, you need a better coach to fill the spot. Why would a junior hockey coach be any better than an AHL coach? The caps need a cup winning coach, if nothing else for the respect that he would demand from the players who look like primadonnas after refusing to work for budreau

Junior hockey is a pretty big deal in Canada - think big east basketball (except in a place where there is only one sport). I think that's at least as good as a guy who's coached a group of career minor leaguers...especially given how much the players are reported to respect Hunter (heck Carlson and Wideman played for him in the OHL and seem to welcome his style). The team just needs someone to get them motivated and working hard and it seems like that's exactly what Hunter can do.

Not saying its going to work - but the writing was on the wall with Bruce...he had a great run and did a great job, but he just lost the team this year. Time to give someone else a shot and why not Hunter I guess.