One player on this team was criticized for celebrating his 50th goal of the 2008-09 season by pretending to warm his hands over a campfire.
One player on this team was criticized for celebrating his 50th goal of the 2008-09 season by pretending to warm his hands over a campfire. This 1974-75 expansion team lost 17 straight games games en route to posting a still-standing league worst  8-67-5 record in its first season. This team, which once had a terrible black and gold eagle logo, won the 2009-10 President's Cup.  Its 1997-98 squad led by Bondra and Oates was swept by Yzerman's Detroit Red Wings in its only appearance in the Stanley Cup finals. In the 2008-09 Eastern Conference semifinals, with players like Nicklas Backstrom, they went to seven games against the eventual NHL champions, the Pittsburg Penguins. In the 2011-12 season, coach Boudreau was replaced by former player Dale Hunter. Their Russian captain won the 2006 Calder Trophy for best rookie, beating Sidney Crosby. For ten points, name this Southeastern Division team in the National Hockey League captained by Alexander Ovechkin.
One player on this team was criticized for celebrating his 50th goal of the 2008-09 season by pretending to warm his hands over a campfire.
Washington Capitals [accept either underlined or Caps]