The Caps’ Stanley Cup-winning roster had been in the making even before Alex Ovechkin was drafted first overall in 2004. While it’s gone through significant changes since Ovi’s rookie season, just about every player added along the way had been put there with realistic expectations for winning the Stanley Cup. Some of those players who are no longer with the team played their hearts out and it seems wrong that they didn’t win. Some left purely for financial reasons, as they deserved big raises that the Caps couldn’t afford.
Here is a list of the players who played the most games in the Alex Ovechkin Era (2005-2006) but didn’t win the Stanley Cup.