Capitals: Top 10 greatest forwards of all-time

#7 Dennis Maruk

Coming in at number seven is a impact player from back in the day. Dennis Maruk actually had a season that was even better than an Ovechkin one when he scored a whooping 136 points during the 1981-82 season, including 60 goals and 76 assists. The most Ovechkin had in a season is 112 points.

Maruk was traded to the Capitals by Minnesota back in the beginning of the 1978-79 season. He went on to score 31 goals and add 59 assists for 90 points. Those assists and points led the team while his 31 goals tied for the team lead.

His next season saw him score 10 goals and add 17 assists for 27 points in 27 games in what was an injury plagued second season. In the 1980-81 season Maruk scored 50 goals and added 47 assists for 97 points before that monster 136 point season the next year.

His next season was his final season in D.C. where he scored 31 goals and added 50 assists for 81 points. He also had one playoff goal and an assist in four games. That July of 1983 he was traded back to Minnesota for a second rounder the next year which turned out to be Stephen Leach.

Maruk was unique with his mustache and height at just five foot eight and 175 pounds. The center was known to his teammates as “Pee Wee” and made up for his lack of size with grittiness all over the ice.