The Stanley Cup. She's tough to win.

Ask Alex Ovechkin. And Roberto Luongo. And all of the San Jose Sharks.

And with that, we present the all Stanley Cup-less team, comprised of active NHLers who have yet to - and may never - win it all.

Forwards

LW C RW Alex Ovechkin Joe Thornton Jarome Iginla Zach Parise Henrik Sedin Daniel Sedin Patrick Marleau Joe Pavelski Shane Doan Logan Couture Nicklas Backstrom Jason Spezza Claude Giroux Ryan Kesler Mike Fisher

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Since the 1995-96 season, only successful ring-chaser Marian Hossa (205) has played more playoff games than Patrick Marleau (177) and Joe Thornton (160). It really will be a shame if these two never raise the Cup.

While it's absolutely ridiculous to tie Ovechkin's legacy to the Cup, the fact that he's never played in the third round is, well, also absolutely ridiculous. Ovie's averaged 0.93 points per game in 97 postseason games (46 goals). He's not the problem in D.C.

The poor Sedins were up 3-2 on the Bruins in the 2011 Stanley Cup Final. That's going to hurt forever.

Jarome Iginla has 37 goals in 81 career playoff games (0.84 points per game). He too came oh so close, his Flames losing Game 7 of the final to the Lightning after also being up 3-2 in the series.

Shane Doan has been in the NHL since 1995 and has played 55 playoff games. Life is unfair.

Mike Fisher is hoping to excuse himself from this roster over the next two weeks. Fisher's played 129 playoff games, 14th among active forwards since 1995.

While Claude Giroux and Jason Spezza haven't played a ton of postseason games (63 and 69, respectively), they've produced in 'em. Giroux's 0.98 points per game ranks fifth among all active forwards since 1995, while Spezza's 0.94 places him seventh. Both make this team because it doesn't look like the Flyers or Stars will be winning the Cup anytime soon.

Players who just missed the cut: Rick Nash (41 points in 77 career playoff games), James Neal (42 points in 75 games), Derek Stepan (49 in 97), and Scott Hartnell (47 in 95).

Defense

LD RD Paul Martin P.K. Subban Marc-Edouard Vlasic Ryan McDonagh Braydon Coburn Dan Girardi Andrei Markov Matt Niskanen

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Goalies

Goalie Playoffs GP Playoffs SV% Henrik Lundqvist 128 .922 Roberto Luongo 70 .918 Braden Holtby 59 .932

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Between Henrik Lundqvist and Roberto Luongo, this one was easy.

Braden Holtby's the healthy scratch because he's been so very good throughout his playoff career, and yet he can't get the Capitals into the third round, either.

Honorable mentions: Pekka Rinne and Carey Price rank seventh and eighth in postseason games played among active goalies with 65 and 60, respectively, but what stands out is Price's pedestrian .914 save percentage. Rinne comes in at .917.

Mike Smith has a remarkable .945 career save percentage in the playoffs - but he's played only 19 games. Craig Anderson's also been stellar in the postseason throughout his career (.929 in 46 games), but he'll be 37 next year. We wouldn't be opposed to swapping him out with Holtby, for what it's worth.

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