To: OttawaFreeper
Those Capitals of the late 1980s were among the best teams never to win the Stanley Cup, in my mind. Take the players you listed and add Dale Hunter, Larry Murphy, Kevin Hatcher, Mike Ridley, Dave Christian and Garry Galley ... you've got a great team, for sure.
Just look at the defenseman: Murphy, Stevens, Hatcher ... and future Hall of Famer Rod Langway was probably the FOURTH BEST defenseman on that team!
80 posted on
06/08/2018 5:20:06 AM PDT by
Alberta's Child
("I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.")
To: Alberta's Child
Don’t mean to correct, but Rod Langway is actually in the Hall of Fame (2002 inductee). Those Capitals teams of the 1980s with all of those good and great players had the misfortune of being there with the Islanders, Flyers (the 1987 team probably being the best one ever to not win the Cup), and the Gretzky/Messier Edmonton Oilers at the same time.
https://www.hhof.com/htmlinduct/ind02langway.shtml
82 posted on
06/08/2018 5:30:09 AM PDT by
OttawaFreeper
("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
To: Alberta's Child
Sorry, I misread your post and did not take your future tense into account concerning Hot Rod (future Hall of Famer).
83 posted on
06/08/2018 5:32:03 AM PDT by
OttawaFreeper
("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
To: Alberta's Child
I think the ever-underrated Mike Gartner played for the Caps for a while, too.
99 posted on
06/08/2018 1:35:58 PM PDT by
rfp1234
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