The Leafs are well known for their long and bitter rivalry with the Montreal Canadiens. The franchise has won thirteen Stanley Cup championships, eleven as the Leafs, one as the Toronto St. Patricks, and one as the Toronto Arenas, second only in number to the Canadiens.
At $470 million (2009), the Leafs are the most valuable team in the NHL, followed by the New York Rangers and the Montreal Canadiens.
The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). Since their founding in 1974, "The Caps" have won one conference championship to reach the 1998 Stanley Cup Finals, and captured five division titles. In 1997, the team moved their home hockey rink from the suburban Capital Centre to the new Verizon Center in Washington's Chinatown neighborhood. Former AOL executive Ted Leonsis has owned the team since 1999, and has revitalized the franchise by signing star players such as Alexander Ovechkin, Mike Green, and Alexander Semin, and hiring head coach Bruce Boudreau.
