Washington Capitals: Top 10 defensemen of all-time

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Calle Johansson, Washington Capitals (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) /

#3 Calle Johansson

Number three is a Swedish legend. Calle Johansson was originally drafted by the Buffalo Sabres but came to the Caps via trade in March of 1989. He spent the next 15 years of his career as a member of the Caps.

He became a fixture on the blueline and scored 40 points or more four times and was a big part of the Caps special teams and transition game. He helped lead the Caps to the conference finals in 1990 and the Stanley Cup Final in 1998. During the 1999-00 season, Johansson

Johansson played 15 seasons with the Caps before calling it a career after the 2002-03 season. But he did come back to the game a year later as a free agent when he was signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs. After they failed to win the Cup he retired for good.

Johansson played in 983 games for the Caps which was the most until Ovechkin broke that record in 2018. He recorded 474 career points with the Caps (113 goals, 361 assists).

His best skill was his durability on the ice. His time on ice was over 21 minutes . His best scoring season came in 1997-98 with 15 goals and 20 assists for 35 points.

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