Caps Can Cassidy

Today the NHL's Washington Capitals fired second-year coach Bruce (Butch) Cassidy, who had led the team to the worst record in the league. [USAToday.com]. It's too little, too late, in my view. Caps owner Ted Leonsis -- of AOL fame -- knew going in to this season that he needed to get some real players to work with superstar Jaromir Jagr and generate speed for the offense. But instead what he and general manager George McPhee did was cut or trade all the veteran defensemen and sign some promising but very raw 19-year old rookie forwards. That's lead to the Caps giving up the most goals, usually falling behind in the first period. The rest is inevitable.

So this season's debacle was in the cards month ago. Cassidy is just a patsy. The Capitals should trade Ted Leonsis.

 Posted by glenn