Washington Capitals: Top 10 best free agents of all-time

#8 Ulf Dahlen

The Washington Capitals acquired Ulf Dahlen on August 16, 1999. He spent three seasons with the Caps making $850,000 in 1999-00, $1,000,000 in 2000-01, and $1,650,000 in 2001-02.

His first two seasons with the Caps saw him score 15 goals both years with 23 assists for 38 points in 1999-00 and 33 assists for 48 points the next season. In 2001-02, Dahlen scored 23 goals and had 29 assists for 52 points. In 217 games with the Caps, Dahlen recorded 53 goals and 85 assists for 138 points. He was in the playoffs two out out o those three seasons, in fact it was the first two seasons but he only had two assists in 11 games.

Despite playing just 12 minutes his first year with the squad, Dahlin was successful on the power play. His second season saw his ice time bumped to 14 minutes which caused him to rack up 10 more assists. What was impressive about his third season was that it was his shortest season with the Caps as he skated in 69 games. As he kept scoring the Caps promoted him from the third to the second line.

Dahlin was signed by the Caps in his early to mid 30s and his time with the Caps were the last of his productive seasons. He retired after the 2002-03 season ending his NHL career with the Dallas Stars.