Rink Rank: The 100 Greatest Washington Capitals

To celebrate its 100th birthday, the National Hockey League is revealing a list of the 100 greatest players in League history. You can safely bet that Alex Ovechkin will be on the list, along with several other NHL legends who at one time or another donned a Washington Capitals sweater.

And while the Caps have only been around for 42 seasons, with the All-Star break upon us and everyone diving headlong into a pool of nostalgia, here’s your chance to rank the top 100 players to lace ‘em up for the Capitals.

So what are the ground rules?

If we simply base the rankings on how good a player is or was in a vacuum, there’s going to be a bias towards current players (does anyone think Andre…