HFAvs Ranks: The 50 Greatest Avalanche Players - #15

[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%)

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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

Ray Bourque (2000-2001)	Adam Deadmarsh (1995-2001)	Cody McLeod (2007-2017)	Paul Stastny (2006-2014)	Chris Drury (1998-2002)	Semyon Varlamov (2011-2019)	Sandis Ozolinsh (1995-2000)
Games Played: 94	Games played: 405	Games played: 659	Games played: 538	Games played: 314	Games played: 389	Games played: 333
Goals: 15	Goals: 129	Goals: 66	Goals: 160	Goals: 85	Wins: 157	Goals: 72
Assists: 58	Assists: 142	Assists: 51	Assists: 298	Assists: 137	Shutouts: 21	Assists: 181
Points: 73	Points: 271	Points: 117	Points: 458	Points: 222	Points: 6	Points: 253
Notes: AFTER TWENTY TWO YEARS	Notes: Stanley Cup (1996), his own brand of deli dills.	Notes: 1359 PIM	Notes: Son of Peter, league record for consecutive games with a point by a rookie (20)	Notes: Stanley Cup (2001), Calder Trophy (1999)	Notes: It was always fun when he beat Chicago himself, wasn't it?	Notes: Stanley Cup (1996)

I told you I'd add McLeod.

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[expatriatedtexan]

Tough choice for me between Crazy 8 and Deader. Went with Ozo this round, will vote for Deader next. I think it's time for Danny Hinote to enter the game.

 

[Murzu]

Varly, add Duchene

 

[McMetal]

Varly still, add Duchene I guess. He was an important player for the franchise, like it or not. Still top 10 in points in an Avs uniform. He may have been the cornerstone of a failed rebuild but he should be on here fairly soon.

 

[HockeyFan100]

Varly. Add Duchene

 

[Heyduke]

Deadmarsh is way underrated here.

 

[CaleMakaw]

If only I would have known you spelt Rene wrong, I would have voted for him.

 

[UncleRisto]

For the fourth time, Deadmarsh.

E: I guess add Yelle or Hinote?

 

[missionAvs]

Varly again. Add Duchy.

 

[Bonzai12]

Add Gusarov

 

[GeoRox89]

Want to say add Yelle (get the other 2x Cup Winners on here) but I guess Hinote to try to counter the Duchene crew

Edit: We going to get another one where now Deadmarsh and Ozo do some vote splitting to get Varly in (or closer than he would be)? Wildly underrating Deadmarsh here

Edit 2: Add Yelle - finally got enough other backers for him to not have to strategically vote otherwise

 

[Belgican]

Can’t believe Yelle is not on that list

 

[Ceremony]

To be honest I've just assumed everyone saying Duchene is at it.

 

[Belgican]

Same with Scott Young and Mike RiccI, all these guys were instrumental in the ´96 Cup

 

[Bonzai12]

Can’t believe Yelle is not on that list

Yeah I think there’s just maybe a lot of folks on this board that weren’t around for the initial cup runs……I’m honestly quite shocked Varlamov is even sniffing the top 20.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Want to say add Yelle (get the other 2x Cup Winners on here) but I guess Hinote to try to counter the Duchene crew

Edit: We going to get another one where now Deadmarsh and Ozo do some vote splitting to get Varly in (or closer than he would be)? Wildly underrating Deadmarsh here

And Ozo.

 

[ASmileyFace]

Deader

Add Yelle.

 

[UncleRisto]

I don't know how I feel about EJ on that list. Yeah, he was here for a long time and bled burgundy, and he got his Cup and he's a big goof, but he was also pretty f***ing frustrating and overpaid for a lot of it.

 

[GeoRox89]

Can’t believe Yelle is not on that list

This one is crazy. Hard fail that we just all didn’t say who to add and Cloudy got in ahead of him by default (most GP not on the list)

I have the feeling a lot of people here are too young for the 96 run. I watched it and am old enough to remember but not so old that I understood it on any sort of level to be able to pick out key contributors this long after

 

[ASmileyFace]

I don't know how I feel about EJ on that list. Yeah, he was here for a long time and bled burgundy, and he got his Cup and he's a big goof, but he was also pretty f***ing frustrating for a lot of it.

I'll vouch for EJ deserving of that spot. Sure he was rough from 2020 on, but before that he was a much better player than we give him credit for now. He was a warrior for this team and the longest tenured player in Denver sports before this offseason. EJ is an Av for life and of the top 15 he is probably the next to have his number in the rafters at Ball Arena.

 

[UncleRisto]

EJ is an Av for life and of the top 15 he is probably the next to have his number in the rafters at Ball Arena.

That's ludicrous. The rest of it, okay yeah.

This one is crazy. Hard fail that we just all didn’t say who to add and Cloudy got in ahead of him by default (most GP not on the list)

I have the feeling a lot of people here are too young for the 96 run. I watched it and am old enough to remember but not so old that I understood it on any sort of level to be able to pick out key contributors this long after

I was one during the 96 Cup run. I've seen it on video. But McLeod being on there before at least a handful of people is a travesty (before Duchene is fine, whatever).

 

[GeoRox89]

I was one during the 96 Cup run. I've seen it on video. But McLeod being on there before at least a handful of people is a travesty (before Duchene is fine, whatever).

There’s a pile of other guys who never won anything either that belong ahead of McLeod. Never mind all the actual Cup winners. I actually like him better than many of them but not enough to homer vote him ahead

 

[Ceremony]

McLeod is in the poll right now because I said I would and because there was no real consensus on who to add from the last thread. Just because he's on the poll doesn't mean he's getting voted in next. Poor Ozo's been there for weeks.

 

[McMetal]

I still think Varly is underrated here just due to the era of the team he played for. He was a fantastic goaltender and easily the 2nd best in Avs history who carried some bad to mediocre teams on his back. Just winning a cup with the team shouldn't be an automatic add before him, IMO. It certainly wasn't his fault the Avs didn't contend in that era.

 

[AvalancheRy]

Where is Tyler Arnason?