
#7 Sergei Gonchar
Before there was Mike Green, there was another offensive defenseman. Sergei Gonchar put up some good numbers when he was with the Caps and it stinks he never got to play with the likes of Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom.
He was drafted by the Caps in the first round at 14th overall in 1992. In his second season he scored 15 goals and never looked back, adding 26 assits for 41 points. The next year in 1996-97 he scored 13 goals and added 17 assits for 30 points.
Gonchar had a breakout season in 1998-99 with 21 goals and 10 assits for 31 points. The next year he had 18 goals and 36 assists for 54 points.
In the turn of the century he kept rolling. He had 19 goals and 38 assists for 57 points. He had his best season in 2001-02 with 26 goals and 33 assits for 59 points. He spent one more full season in Washington where he recorded 18 goals and 49 assits 67 points. His final season was in 2003-04 before he was dealt at the trade deadline to the Boston Bruins. Before his departure he scored seven goals and added 42 assists for 49 points.
After that he spent five seasons as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins helping them win a Stanley Cup in 2009. He also made stops with the Ottawa Senators, Dallas Stars and Montreal Canadiens before retiring from the game in 2015.