from the CP at TSN,

Trotz is the new coach of the Washington Capitals, which means first and foremost he is the coach of the immensely talented three-time league MVP whose individual accolades have yet to translate into substantial playoff success. Things will be plenty different for everyone when training camp opens Friday, but what arguably matters most is how No. 8 takes to yet another attempt to change the way he plays.

"Physically, he's a strong guy," Trotz said in an interview with The Associated Press. "But there's areas in his game he needs to grow in, and that's really my job, to help him grow his game."

Trotz is Washington's fifth coach since Ovechkin entered the league in 2005, but he's the first who has been a head coach elsewhere in the NHL. He led the Nashville Predators from inception to this year, with 1,246 regular season and playoff games under his belt. He has an established idea how he wants to run a team -- he's already rejigged the coaches' meeting room with more cutting-edge technology and made it more of a "war room." He has so much cache that he was able to give owner Ted Leonsis a frank assessment of the Capitals' deficiencies while interviewing for the job.

"It's the culture," Trotz said. "I just think a little bit of the inmates were running the asylum, that's No. 1. I think there's good talent, and I felt it needed some order."

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