Washington Capitals assistant coach Mitch Love has been placed on a team-imposed leave pending results of an NHL investigation, the Capitals announced on Sunday evening. Love, 41, was regarded in the hiring process as one of the top up-and-coming young coaching candidates until he suddenly wasn’t. Per team and league sources, the Penguins and Seattle Kraken were two of the prominent teams that received intel late in the process that a serious matter loomed surrounding Love. It saw both clubs take Love out of consideration in the final week of both searches. Pittsburgh final decision came down to Dan Muse and Jay Woodcroft, while Seattle hired Lane Lambert over former Penguins assistant David Quinn.