Alex Ovechkin and the 2017-18 Washington Capitals have won the Stanley Cup! Let me tell you how. It's a story of a captain and his role-players, of big hits and swallowed whistles, of goofy goals and lost leads, of unexpected heroes and dependable stalwarts. Get familiar with this story; you'll be talking about it for…
The Kraken not only have half a dozen Cup winners, but those players come from a variety of different title teams. They're not alone: 14 of the 16 teams in the playoffs have at least one player with his name on the Cup and every single champion since the salary cap era began is represented somewhere.
Before the Seattle Kraken played the first NHL playoff game in franchise history, players heard from those on the roster who have already won the Stanley Cup.