Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
The Washington Capitals have been around for nearly 50 seasons. In that time frame they have been blessed with great team captains throughout their franchise history. These guys were superstars in both the stat sheet and the examples they led both on and off the ice.
From veterans who embraced that role to help the young bucks to others that got thrown into the role but thrived despite it, we’ll take a look at the best of the best. The Caps have had 14 different players don the C patch on their sweater.