Capitals fan here so I’ll get us started.
I’m going with Nic Dowd. The man is super consistent, rarely misses a shift and finds a way to impact games more often than a 4th line ‘grinder’ should.
He’s also the only guy on the team who seems to know how to win a faceoff.
This is much more on a league perspective than a team perspective, but I’d say Kris Letang for the Penguins. He’s had his ups and downs, but he’s been the Penguins go to D-man for like 15 years. He’s rarely discussed among the best defensemen in the league. Then again, maybe that’s because he shouldn’t usually be in that discussion and I’m just biased as a Pens fan.