#4 Mike Ridley
Mike Ridley was traded to the Caps in January of 1987 along with Bob Crawford and Kelly Miller from the New York Rangers. Ridley had 15 goals and 19 assists for 34 points the rest of the way with Washington. His first full season with the Caps saw him score 28 goals and add 31 assists for 59 points. In 1988-89 he was even better with a career high 41 goals and 48 assists for 89 points.
The next year Ridley scored 30 goals and added 43 assists for 73 points. After that he had 23 goals and 48 assists for 71 points. He rebounded in 1991-92 with 29 goals and 40 assists for a nice 69 points. The final two years in Washington he had back to back 26 goal seasons with 56 assists the first year for 82 points and 44 the final year for 70 points.
Ridley spent eight seasons with the Capitals playing in 588 games. He scored 218 career goals and added 329 assists for 547 points. He was a reliable forward on the Capitals with a creative style of play that was fun to watch. He played in a unique era where point per game forwards weren’t that hard to come by but it was still impressive.
He basically was like a 1980s and 90s version of a Nicklas Backstrom and was fun to watch.