Editing Washington Capitals (section)

==Players and personnel==
{{See also|List of Washington Capitals players}}

===Current roster===
{{Washington Capitals roster}}

===Honored members===

====Hall of Fame honorees====
The Washington Capitals hold an affiliation with a number of inductees to the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]], including eight inductees from the players category and one from the builders category, five of whom have played at least five seasons with the club (Gartner, Oates, Stevens, Langway, and Murphy). [[Sergei Fedorov]] and [[Phil Housley]] were the most recently inducted Capitals players to the Hall of Fame in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/hhof-class-of-2015-player-accomplishments-lidstrom-pronger-federov-housley/|last=Johnston|first=Mike|date=June 29, 2015|title=Lidstrom, Pronger, Fedorov, Housley nominated to HHOF|work=Sportsnet.ca|publisher=Rogers Digital Media|access-date=May 9, 2018}}</ref>

In addition to players, members of the local [[sports media]] have been honored by the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 2007, Dave Fay, a sports journalist for ''[[The Washington Times]]'', was a recipient of the [[Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hhof.com/html/leg_writers.shtml|title=Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award Winners|access-date=May 9, 2018|year=2018|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum|archive-date=February 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208004534/http://www.hhof.com/html/leg_writers.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2010, [[play-by-play]] radio broadcaster [[Ron Weber]] was awarded the [[Foster Hewitt Memorial Award]] from the Hall of Fame for his contributions to hockey broadcasting.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hhof.com/html/leg_broadcasters.shtml|title=Foster Hewitt Memorial Award Winners|access-date=May 8, 2018|year=2018|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142146/https://www.hhof.com/html/leg_broadcasters.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref>

'''Players'''
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* [[Dino Ciccarelli]]
* [[Sergei Fedorov]]
* [[Mike Gartner]]
* [[Phil Housley]]
* [[Rod Langway]]
* [[Larry Murphy (ice hockey)|Larry Murphy]]
* [[Adam Oates]]
* [[Scott Stevens]]
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'''Builders'''
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* [[David Poile]]
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====Retired numbers====
[[File:Washington Capitals retired numbers red.jpg|thumb|right|The Capitals honor the retired numbers of [[Rod Langway]], [[Yvon Labre]], [[Mike Gartner]], and [[Dale Hunter]] with banners in Capital One Arena.]]
The Capitals have [[Retired number (NHL)|retired]] four numbers: 5, 7, 11, and 32. Although not officially retired, the team has not issued [[Olaf Kolzig]]'s number 37 since his retirement.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All-Time Jersey Listing |url=https://www.nhl.com/capitals/team/all-time-jerseys |website=Washington Capitals}}</ref> The NHL retired [[Wayne Gretzky]]'s No. 99 for all its member teams at the [[50th National Hockey League All-Star Game|2000 NHL All-Star Game]].<ref>{{cite web |date=February 6, 2000 |title=Perfect setting: Gretzky's number retired before All-Star Game |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/2000/nhl_allstar/news/2000/02/06/gretsky_99/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112022319/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/hockey/nhl/2000/nhl_allstar/news/2000/02/06/gretsky_99/ |archive-date=November 12, 2013 |access-date=June 9, 2014 |website=CNN Sports Illustrated |agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+ style="background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#C8102E 5px solid; border-bottom:#041E42 5px solid;" |Washington Capitals retired numbers
|-
! style="width:40px;" |No.
! style="width:150px;" |Player
! style="width:40px;" |Position
! style="width:100px;" |Career
! style="width:150px;" |No. retirement
|-
| 5 || [[Rod Langway]] || [[Defenceman|D]] || 1982–1993 || November 26, 1997
|-
| 7 || [[Yvon Labre]] || [[Defenceman|D]] || 1974–1980 || November 7, 1981<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/capitals/team/7-yvon-labre |website=Washington Capitals NHL|title=Retired Numbers – 7 – Yvon Labre}}</ref>
|-
| 11 || [[Mike Gartner]] || [[Winger (ice hockey)|RW]] || 1979–1989 || December 28, 2008
|-
| 32 || [[Dale Hunter]] || [[Centre (ice hockey)|C]] || 1987–1999 || March 11, 2000
|}

===Team captains===
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* [[Doug Mohns]], 1974–1975
* [[Bill Clement]], 1975–1976
* [[Yvon Labre]], 1976–1978
* [[Guy Charron]], 1978–1979
* [[Ryan Walter]], 1979–1982
* [[Rod Langway]], 1982–1992
* [[Kevin Hatcher]], 1992–1994
* [[Dale Hunter]], 1994–1999
* [[Adam Oates]], 1999–2001
* [[Steve Konowalchuk]] and [[Brendan Witt]], 2001–2002 (co-captains)
* Steve Konowalchuk, 2002–2003
* [[Jeff Halpern]], 2005–2006
* [[Chris Clark (ice hockey)|Chris Clark]], 2006–2009
* [[Alexander Ovechkin]], 2010–present
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===General managers===
{{Main|List of Washington Capitals general managers}}
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* [[Milt Schmidt]], 1973–1975
* [[Max McNab]], 1975–1981
* [[Roger Crozier]] (interim), 1981–1982
* [[David Poile]], 1982–1997
* [[George McPhee]], 1997–2014
* [[Brian MacLellan]], 2014–2024
* [[Chris Patrick (ice hockey)|Chris Patrick]], 2024–present
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===Head coaches===
{{Main|List of Washington Capitals head coaches}}
[[File:Barry Trotz (24672679066).jpg|thumb|[[Barry Trotz]] at the Capitals practice at [[Kettler Capitals Iceplex]] in October 2018. Trotz guided the Capitals to their first Stanley Cup championship in 2018.]]
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* [[Jim Anderson (ice hockey)|Jim Anderson]], 1974–1975
* [[Red Sullivan]], 1975
* [[Milt Schmidt]], 1975
* [[Tom McVie]], 1975–1978
* [[Danny Belisle]], 1978–1979
* [[Gary Green (ice hockey)|Gary Green]], 1979–1981
* [[Roger Crozier]], 1981
* [[Bryan Murray (ice hockey)|Bryan Murray]], 1981–1990
* [[Terry Murray]], 1990–1994
* [[Jim Schoenfeld]], 1994–1997
* [[Ron Wilson (ice hockey, born 1955)|Ron Wilson]], 1997–2002
* [[Bruce Cassidy]], 2002–2003
* [[Glen Hanlon]], 2003–2007
* [[Bruce Boudreau]], 2007–2011
* [[Dale Hunter]], 2011–2012
* [[Adam Oates]], 2012–2014<ref>{{cite web|title=Capitals Announce Changes to Front Office and Coaching Staff|url=http://capitals.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=716620|publisher=Washington Capitals|date=April 26, 2014|access-date=November 10, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Barry Trotz]], 2014–2018
* [[Todd Reirden]], 2018–2020
* [[Peter Laviolette]], 2020–2023
* [[Spencer Carbery]], 2023–present
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===First-round draft picks===
{{See also|List of Washington Capitals draft picks}}
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* [[1974 NHL amateur draft|1974]]: [[Greg Joly]] (1st overall)
* [[1975 NHL amateur draft|1975]]: [[Alex Forsyth (ice hockey)|Alex Forsyth]] (18th overall)
* [[1976 NHL amateur draft|1976]]: [[Rick Green (ice hockey)|Rick Green]] (1st overall) and [[Greg Carroll (ice hockey)|Greg Carroll]] (15th overall)
* [[1977 NHL amateur draft|1977]]: [[Robert Picard]] (3rd overall)
* [[1978 NHL amateur draft|1978]]: [[Ryan Walter]] (2nd overall) and [[Tim Coulis]] (18th overall)
* [[1979 NHL entry draft|1979]]: [[Mike Gartner]] (4th overall)
* [[1980 NHL entry draft|1980]]: [[Darren Veitch]] (5th overall)
* [[1981 NHL entry draft|1981]]: [[Bobby Carpenter (ice hockey)|Bob Carpenter]] (3rd overall)
* [[1982 NHL entry draft|1982]]: [[Scott Stevens]] (5th overall)
* [[1984 NHL entry draft|1984]]: [[Kevin Hatcher]] (17th overall)
* [[1985 NHL entry draft|1985]]: [[Yvon Corriveau]] (19th overall)
* [[1986 NHL entry draft|1986]]: [[Jeff Greenlaw]] (19th overall)
* [[1988 NHL entry draft|1988]]: [[Reggie Savage]] (15th overall)
* [[1989 NHL entry draft|1989]]: [[Olaf Kölzig|Olaf Kolzig]] (19th overall)
* [[1990 NHL entry draft|1990]]: [[John Slaney]] (9th overall)
* [[1991 NHL entry draft|1991]]: [[Pat Peake]] (14th overall) and [[Trevor Halverson]] (21st overall)
* [[1992 NHL entry draft|1992]]: [[Sergei Gonchar]] (14th overall)
* [[1993 NHL entry draft|1993]]: [[Brendan Witt]] (11th overall) and [[Jason Allison]] (17th overall)
* [[1994 NHL entry draft|1994]]: [[Nolan Baumgartner]] (10th overall) and [[Alexander Kharlamov]] (15th overall)
* [[1995 NHL entry draft|1995]]: [[Brad Church]] (17th overall) and [[Miika Elomo]] (23rd overall)
* [[1996 NHL entry draft|1996]]: [[Alexandre Volchkov]] (4th overall) and [[Jaroslav Svejkovský|Jaroslav Svejkovsky]] (17th overall)
* [[1997 NHL entry draft|1997]]: [[Nick Boynton]] (9th overall)
* [[1999 NHL entry draft|1999]]: [[Kris Beech]] (7th overall)
* [[2000 NHL entry draft|2000]]: [[Brian Sutherby]] (26th overall)
* [[2002 NHL entry draft|2002]]: [[Steve Eminger]] (12th overall), [[Alexander Semin]] (13th overall), and [[Boyd Gordon]] (17th overall)
* [[2003 NHL entry draft|2003]]: [[Eric Fehr]] (18th overall)
* [[2004 NHL entry draft|2004]]: [[Alexander Ovechkin]] (1st overall), [[Jeff Schultz]] (27th overall), and [[Mike Green (ice hockey, born 1985)|Mike Green]] (29th overall)
* [[2005 NHL entry draft|2005]]: [[Sasha Pokulok]] (14th overall) and [[Joe Finley]] (27th overall)
* [[2006 NHL entry draft|2006]]: [[Nicklas Bäckström|Nicklas Backstrom]] (4th overall) and [[Semyon Varlamov]] (23rd overall)
* [[2007 NHL entry draft|2007]]: [[Karl Alzner]] (5th overall)
* [[2008 NHL entry draft|2008]]: [[Anton Gustafsson]] (21st overall) and [[John Carlson (ice hockey)|John Carlson]] (27th overall)
* [[2009 NHL entry draft|2009]]: [[Marcus Johansson (ice hockey, born 1990)|Marcus Johansson]] (24th overall)
* [[2010 NHL entry draft|2010]]: [[Evgeny Kuznetsov]] (26th overall)
* [[2012 NHL entry draft|2012]]: [[Filip Forsberg]] (11th overall) and [[Tom Wilson (ice hockey)|Tom Wilson]] (16th overall)
* [[2013 NHL entry draft|2013]]: [[André Burakovsky|Andre Burakovsky]] (23rd overall)
* [[2014 NHL entry draft|2014]]: [[Jakub Vrána|Jakub Vrana]] (13th overall)
* [[2015 NHL entry draft|2015]]: [[Ilya Samsonov]] (22nd overall)
* [[2016 NHL entry draft|2016]]: [[Lucas Johansen]] (28th overall)
* [[2018 NHL entry draft|2018]]: [[Alexander Alexeyev (ice hockey)|Alexander Alexeyev]] (31st overall)
* [[2019 NHL entry draft|2019]]: [[Connor McMichael]] (25th overall)
* [[2020 NHL entry draft|2020]]: [[Hendrix Lapierre]] (22nd overall)
* [[2022 NHL entry draft|2022]]: [[Ivan Miroshnichenko (ice hockey)|Ivan Miroshnichenko]] (20th overall)
* [[2023 NHL entry draft|2023]]: [[Ryan Leonard (ice hockey)|Ryan Leonard]] (8th overall)
* [[2024 NHL entry draft|2024]]: [[Terik Parascak]] (17th overall)
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