HFAvs Ranks: The 50 Greatest Avalanche Players - #48

[Ceremony]

#1 - Joe Sakic (88.9%)
#2 - Peter Forsberg (55.7%)
#3 - Patrick Roy (89.6%)
#4 - Nathan MacKinnon (71.4%)
#5 - Cale Makar (70.5%)
#6 - Milan Hejduk (50.7%)
#7 - Gabriel Landeskog (42.6%)
#8 - Adam Foote (60.2%)
#9 - Mikko Rantanen (88.8%)
#10 - Alex Tanguay (56.0%)
#11 - Rob Blake (44.7%)
#12 - Erik Johnson (47.7%)
#13 - Claude Lemieux (27.3%)
#14 - Valeri Kamensky (37.1%)
#15 - Semyon Varlamov (28.6%)
#16 - Adam Deadmarsh (41.8%)
#17 - Sandis Ozolinsh (39.1%)
#18 - Ray Bourque (27.8%)
#19 - Stephane Yelle (30.4%)
#20 - Chris Drury (46.9%)
#21 - Paul Stastny (62.8%)
#22 - John-Michael Liles (33.9% - tied, highest runner up from #21)
#23 - Matt Duchene (40.0%)
#24 - Tyson Barrie (44.2%)
#25 - Ryan O'Reilly (37.5%)
#26 - Devon Toews (35.4%)
#27 - Jon Klemm (40.0%)
#28 - Nazem Kadri (53.3%)
#29 - Alexei Gusarov (47.6%)
#30 - Sam Girard (28.9%)
#31 - Ian Laperriere (29.4%)
#32 - Uwe Krupp (29.4%)
#33 - Valeri Nichushkin (47.1%)
#34 - Cody McLeod (32.4%)
#35 - Dan Hinote (33.3%)
#36 - Artturi Lehkonen (25.0% - tied, highest runner up from #35)
#37 - JT Compher (40.0%)
#38 - Marek Svatos (47.5%)
#39 - Andre Burakovsky (36.4%)
#40 - Shjon Podein (23.3% - tied, highest runner up from #39)
#41 - Mike Keane (29.0%)
#42 - Peter Budaj (24.3%)
#43 - Martin Skoula (29.0%)
#44 - Greg De Vries (41.7%)
#45 - Andrew Brunette (in sudden death overtime - 19.4% - tied, highest runner up from #44)
#46 - Sylvain Lefebvre (33.3%)
#47 - Wojtek Wolski (32.4%)

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I've had an idea. Let's decide who the greatest players in Avalanche history are.

• You decide what "greatest" means.
• Only judge players based on their Avalanche careers. This means no extra points for Sakic's time with the Nordiques, or Ray Bourque's time with the Bruins.
• Poll will be open for a few days.
• Each time you vote, suggest a player who should be added for the next round.
• If there's no consensus on who should be added I'll just pick the next player who's played the most games.
• Here's a list of everyone: Colorado Avalanche all-time player list at hockeydb.com

Ryan Wilson (2009-2015)	Nikita Zadorov (2015-2021)	David Aebischer (2000-2006)	Jan Hejda (2011-2015)	Karlis Skrastins (2003-2008)	Scott Parker (1998-2003, 2006-2008)	Steven Reinprecht (2000-2003)
Games Played: 230	Games played: 289	Games played: 174	Games played: 286	Games played: 275	Games played: 237	Games played: 165
Goals: 7	Goals: 18	Wins: 89	Goals: 13	Goals: 9	Goals: 5	Goals: 40
Assists: 60	Assists: 41	Shutouts: 13	Assists: 46	Assists: 33	Assists: 11	Assists: 64
Points: 67	Points: 59	Points: 5	Points: 59	Points: 43	Points: 16	Points: 104
Notes: The second best body checker in Avalanche history, plus look at that Adam's apple	Notes: Killed Mark Schiefele	Notes: Stanley Cup (as a backup) (2001), great hair yet traded for a guy on Rogaine	Notes: Fostered in a proud heritage of Columbus Blue Jackets rejects	Notes: Broke NHL record for consecutive games played by a defenseman (495)	Notes: Stanley Cup (2001), hates college boys	Notes: Bald

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[Pokecheque]

Zadorov surely deserves a spot in the Top 50.

 

[Pokecheque]

Skrastins was one of those guys who was very good in his own right but IMO made the team worse (sorry, I hate to speak ill of the dead). His EXTREMELY passive shot-blocking style convinced the rest of the defense to do the same for whatever reason and it led to the team basically acting like they were on the penalty kill every time they were in their own end.

I still maintain to this day (and no I will not let it go and F*** YOU FOREVER QUENNEVILLE) the Avs going on that stellar run from last place to the cusp of the playoffs largely happened after Skrastins went on IR and the team suddenly played super-aggressive hockey. Last game of the year, Quenneville made the idiotic move to put Skrastins back in the lineup, and sure enough, Avs blew a two-goal lead and missed the playoffs by, like, one point. Obviously I am still insanely bitter about that and will continue to be no matter how many Cups the Avs win from here on out.

Side note: I was there at Alexander Ovechkin's first game in Denver when #8 sent Skrastins through the glass, much to the cheers of all the Ovechkin bandwagoners in the stands. But the guy who impressed me the most that day was Mike Green. That guy in his prime was ridiculously good, fastest skater on the ice by far that day.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

He's still only 28 you know!

Surely this is the year he finally breaks out and becomes the 1C the Avs have been looking for.

 

[Bone Breaker]

voted Ryan bamf Wilson. add Aaron Miller. his contribution was decisive for our first Cup.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

voted Ryan bamf Wilson. add Aaron Miller. his contribution was decisive for our first Cup.

I was actually really bummed that we had to give up Miller in the Blake trade.

 

[Nzap]

Reinprecht for me.

I have nothing else to add anymore.
Ricci?

 

[Murzu]

Hejda was actually very good for us.

 

[Ceremony]

Hejda was actually very good for us.

Yeah but he was just... there.