Washington Capitals

It was an open secret even before the playoffs began that Beagle had played himself out of us being able to afford re-signing him. Vancouver still gave him more than I was expecting.

When he first got to the team I just knew him as that idiot that got injured by picking a fight significantly out of his weight class. Thought he was a plug and would be back in the minors very soon. Eight or nine years later and this man can do no wrong. Caps legend.

We've had our fair share of issues over the years but we've been spectacularly stable with the fourth-line center position for almost fifteen years. Beagle to Dowd. Most teams have probably gone through ten in that timespan. (Almost tacked on top-line left wing as equally solid, but then I remembered Oates had the big man playing on the right.)