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Navigating a shortened 2012-13 season should prove challenging for every NHL coaching staff. That's especially true for a Washington Capitals staff built from scratch when Adam Oates was named the team's coach in June.Short on experience, Washington's coaches have been working to build on the chemistry they established 15 years ago during the most historic playoff run in franchise history.With Oates and assistant coach Calle Johansson spending time in Hershey with the Capitals' American Hockey League team over the past few months,Authentic Jonathan Quick Jersey, assistant Tim Hunter made weekly visits to spend time with the staff."We had four months to get to know each other and tweak our system and how we're going to play," Hunter said. "Everyone's in the same boat with a shortened season and training camp. The only negative I see is that we have a new system and there's not a lot of familiarity with the players and coaches."NHL INSIDERBurke out as Leafs GM; Nonis takes overBy Dan Rosen - NHL.com Senior WriterThe Toronto Maple Leafs relieved general manager Brian Burke of his duties Wednesday afternoon and announced Dave Nonis as his replacement.READ MORE › Kings' quest, Nash in NY top '12-13 storylines Recapping offseason moves by all 30 teams Junior stars set to make impact in NHL?MORE NHL INSIDER STORIES ›If the Capitals coaches manage to find quick chemistry, it won't be an accident. Hunter served as an assistant coach in Washington for five years before coach Ron Wilson took his staff with him when he got the San Jose Sharks' job in 2002. In Hunter's first season as an NHL coach (1997-98), the Capitals enjoyed a playoff run that saw the team make its only Stanley Cup Final appearance.Hunter's alternate captain and star center on that team -- Oates -- is now his boss.Oates isn't the only familiar face from that team rejoining Hunter in the nation's capital. Johansson was a vital player, as was associate goaltending coach Olaf Kolzig."Another guy who was coaching with us in Washington when we started was Tim Army. Tim is now an assistant coach for Joe Sacco (with the Colorado Avalanche),Henrik Sedin Authentic Jersey, who was on that team as well," Hunter said. "It's really full circle."Hunter's first season behind the Capitals' bench proved to be a rebirth for hockey in D.C. It started with the announcement that Washington's vacant general manager position would be filled by George McPhee,Authentic Marc Staal Jersey, who remains with the club 15 years later. Following the opening of the team's new arena, then known as the MCI Center, veterans Oates, Johansson and Kolzig led the Capitals to their only Stanley Cup Final, where they were swept by the Detroit Red Wings.The Caps faltered the following season and it would be 11 years before the team won another playoff series.Hunter said he sees similarities b