Between Stanley Cup Banners and Retired Jerseys, the Montreal Canadiens have the most impressive rafters in hockey. As the Capitals visit Montreal tomorrow and the hopes of adding a CUp banner in DC fades, let's try and add some more jerseys to the rafters of Verizon.
All Time Greatest Caps by Numbers
What gets you on the list: Numbers, Years, and Moments
1: Ron Low- 1st goalie to ever suit up for DC. Had little no no success, but there is something to being 1st.
2: Ken Klee
3: Scott Stevens: Was very successful in DC before winning the Cup with the Devils. Trails only Calle Johansson in points by Cap defenseman.
4: Kevin Hatcher
5: Rod Langway- Secretary of Defense and 2 time Norris winner. Still an active Alum.
6: Calle Johansson- All time games played leader and 1st in points by a defenseman. Except him to really be in the rafters someday.
7: Ivan Labre: Solid defender who scored 1st ever goal for DC
8; Alexander Ovechkin: Will likely be best ever when he hangs them up.
9: Danius Zubrus: Played a solid role in the lean years before Bruce.
10: Kelly Miller
11: Mike Gartner
12: Peter Bondra: Maybe the most popular Cap ever who arguably was one of the top goal scores of is era,
13: None worthy
14: Pat Peake: For what could have been....
15: Jeff Halpern: True hometown kid
16: Bengt Gustaffson
17: Chris Clark
18: Craig Laughlin: Voice of the Caps actually had a scoring touch
19: John Druce: Druce is Loose in the playoffs gives him the nod over Backstrom for now.
20: Michal Pivonka: All time assist leader. Backstrom before there was Backstrom
21: Dennis Maruk: Original Ovechkin
22: Steven Konowalchuk: Dino has better numbers......but it's Kono
23: Brian Bellows: Leadership during the Finals run
24: Mark Tinordi
25: Lots of choices......but no good ones
26: Would pick Keith Jones but he is a Flyer commentator now.
27: Craig Berube
28: Alex Semin
29: Joe Reekie
30: None worthy
31: None worthy
32: Dale Hunter: Greatest Captain in history
33: Don Beaupre
34: Al Ifrate: Hardest shot extraordinaire
35: None worthy
36: None worthy
37: Olaf Kolzig: Best goalie in franchise history
38: Cristobal Huet: Huge in the Capitals worst to first season under Boudreau
39: None worthy
40: None worhthy
41: Jason Allison
42: Not Joel Ward
43: None worthy
44: Richard Zednik
45- 51: None worthy
52: Mike Green: Pretty good and is the only choice.
53: None worthy
54: None worthy
55: Sergei Gonchar: Offensive star on the blue line for many years.
56-76: None worthy
77: Adam Oates: Key part of Fianls run
78-86: None worthy
87: Donald Brashear
88-89: None worthy
90: Joe Juneau: Star of the run to Finals with his OT heroics
91: Sergei Federov: Short lived, but score big goals (clinched SE and beat the Rangers)
So which of these deserve to be retired? I will guarantee 8, 12, and 37. Would like to see 6 and 20 as well.
Maybe Leonsis as 0?
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