Overview

• The team announced the leave as a team-imposed measure and said it will not comment further until the NHL completes its investigation.
• Reporting indicates the Capitals have been told only that allegations exist and that the league is investigating.
• Love will not attend Washington’s 2025 training camp, which is scheduled to begin on Sept. 18.
• No interim assistant coach has been named, and the club plans to evaluate Love’s future after the NHL issues its findings.
• Love joined Washington’s staff in 2023–24 working primarily with defensemen and was interviewed this summer for head-coach vacancies in Pittsburgh and Boston, with reported interest from Seattle.