#5 Michal Pivonka
Michal Pivonka was drafted by the Capitals in the third round at 59th overall in the 1984 NHL Draft. He spent all 13 years of his NHL career with the Capitals. He appeared in 825 total games and scored 181 goals and added 418 assists for 599 points. His rookie season was 1986-87 and he scored 18 goals and added 25 assists for 43 points.
The next season he scored 11 goals and added 23 assists for 35 points. His next year saw him score eight goals and 19 assists for 27 points before bouncing back in 1989-90 with a career high 25 goals and 39 assists for 64 points. The next year he had 20 goals and 50 assists for 70 points.
In 1991-02 Pivonka had 23 goals and 57 assits for 80 points. The next year he had 21 goals and 53 assists for 74 points. He had 14 goals and 36 assists for 50 points the next season and 10 goals for 23 assists for 33 points after that.
In 1995-96 Pivoka had 16 goals and 65 assists for 81 points. The next year he had seven goals and 16 assists for 23 points. He followed that up with three goals and six assists for nine points. In his final season he scored five goals and added six assists for 11 points before retiring from the game in 1999.
Pivonka was an original longtime playmaking center, the 1980s and 90s version of Nicklas Backstrom.