jaythebeagle:

And the Cup was passed to…

Alex Ovechkin 

to Nicklas Backstom

to Brooks Orpik

to Matt Niskanen

to TJ Oshie

to Jay Beagle

to John Carlson

to Braden Holtby

to Lars Eller

to Dmitry Orlov

to Evgeny Kuznetsov

to Tom Wilson

to Andre Burakovsky

to Michal Kempny

to Devante Smith-Pelly

to Brett Connolly

to Jakub Vrana

to Alex Chiasson

to Philipp Grubauer

to Chandler Stephenson

to Christian Djoos

to Madison Bowey

to Nathan Walker

to Travis Boyd

to Jakub Jerabek

to Pheonix Copley

to Shane Gersich.

The Cup was also later passed to Coach Barry Trotz and goalie coach Olie Kolzig who was the Capitals’ starting goaltender during their 1998 Stanley Cup Finals run.