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Capitals Coaching Search: Interviews Have Concluded, Team Will Make Decision Sometime After Draft Wraps

While focused on the 2012 NHL Entry Draft this weekend, the Washington Capitals still remained diligent in their search for a new coach. Pierre LeBrun of ESPN.com says you can add Norfolk head coach Jon Cooper to the list of candidates interviewed by Washington:

SB Nation DC's own Ted Starkey adds that Caps general manager George McPhee now says the interview portion of the coaching search is over:

If recent reports are to be believed, it appears the decision might come down to Mike Haviland, a former assistant coach with the Chicago Blackhawks, or former Capitals player Adam Oates, who has interviewed more than once for the position.

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