Washington Capitals Milestones

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Every card in this deck carries a hidden value on the same scale — release years and dates — and the run is one long sorting problem. The first card is dealt face up. Each card after it goes into the gap where you think it belongs, and the value only shows once it lands. Get it wrong three times and the run ends with whatever you had placed.

This deck can also be shuffled together with any other deck measured in release years and dates — tick several on the deck tree to build one longer timeline out of them.

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24 of the 24 cards you could be dealt. The values stay hidden until you place them.

Joined the NHL An expansion team begins play at the Capital Centre in Landover
A historically awful first season Won just eight games, one of the worst records in league history
Drafted Mike Gartner Selected the future Hall of Fame winger fourth overall
Yvon Labre's #7 retired The first number ever raised by the franchise
Acquired Rod Langway The trade brought the Secretary of Defense from Montreal
First playoff appearance Reached the postseason for the first time after years of futility
Rod Langway wins the Norris Trophy The defenseman is named the league's best blueliner
The Easter Epic Lost a four-overtime Game 7 to the Islanders in the early hours
Drafted Olaf Kolzig Selected the future franchise goaltender in the first round
First Conference Final appearance Reached the final four before falling to Boston
Opened the MCI Center and retired Langway's #5 Moved downtown to a new arena and raised the captain's number the same year
First Stanley Cup Final appearance Behind Olie Kolzig, reached the Final but were swept by Detroit
Dale Hunter's #32 retired The gritty longtime captain's number is honored
Acquired Jaromir Jagr Landed the superstar winger in a blockbuster trade
Drafted Alexander Ovechkin first overall Won the right to select the Russian phenom with the top pick
Ovechkin wins the Calder The rookie takes Rookie of the Year after a lockout-delayed debut
Ovechkin sweeps the scoring awards Captured the Hart, Art Ross and Rocket Richard; Gartner's #11 also retired
Ovechkin and Crosby trade hat tricks The rivals dueled in a classic seven-game playoff series
Won the Presidents' Trophy Piled up 121 points for the league's best record
Won the Presidents' Trophy again Topped the standings for the best regular-season record
Won back-to-back Presidents' Trophies Finished first overall again
Won their first Stanley Cup Beat the expansion Golden Knights; Ovechkin took the Conn Smythe
Ovechkin passes Gordie Howe Moved into second place on the all-time goals list
Ovechkin breaks Gretzky's record Became the NHL's all-time leading goal scorer