Bruce Cassidy is a long way from his first NHL coaching tenure in Washington.
His brief two-year stint behind the Capitals bench had its share of ups and downs in the nation’s capital. The team’s return to the playoffs in 2003 was quickly wiped away one year later when Cassidy fell way to a hostile locker room full of intriguing personalities like Jaromir Jagr and Sergei Gonchar. The Bruins, interestingly enough, acquired Gonchar during the 2004 trade deadline, while Jagr arrived in Boston nearly a decade later.
The hostility between Cassidy and his players in DC was quite mutual.