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The Washington Capitals announced that head coach Peter Laviolette will not return to the team after deciding to mutually part ways.
“We are grateful for Peter’s leadership and dedication to our organization for the last three seasons,” Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan said in a press release. “Peter is a first-class individual who has represented our club with integrity and guided our team through many difficult circumstances in his tenure as our head coach. We wish him all the best moving forward.”
The Capitals did not announce anything else about the rest of the coaching staff. Assistant coach Scott Allen is signed to a multi-year deal.
In his third and final year with the Capitals, Laviolette led the club to its worst full season in 16 years.
Laviolette was paid handsomely to help push a veteran Capitals club deep into the postseason but the team did not win a single playoff series during his tenure. The Capitals missed the postseason altogether in 2023 and were the eighth-worst team in the NHL.
Laviolette posted a 115-78-27 record from 2020 through 2023, but the team got worse every year under Laviolette’s leadership, seeing its points percentage drop from .688 (his first season) to an abysmal .488 this year.
Former Hershey Bears head coach Spencer Carbery is believed to be on the Capitals’ shortlist as a possible replacement. Carbery is currently an assistant coach with the Toronto Maple Leafs.