HFAvs Ranks: The 50 Greatest Avalanche Players - #17

[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%)

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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)	Dan Hinote (1999-2006)	Cody McLeod (2007-2017)	Paul Stastny (2006-2014)	Chris Drury (1998-2002)	Stephane Yelle (1995-2002, 2010)	Sandis Ozolinsh (1995-2000)
Games Played: 94	Games played: 353	Games played: 659	Games played: 538	Games played: 314	Games played: 516	Games played: 333
Goals: 15	Goals: 27	Goals: 66	Goals: 160	Goals: 85	Goals: 54	Goals: 72
Assists: 58	Assists: 38	Assists: 51	Assists: 298	Assists: 137	Assists: 90	Assists: 181
Points: 73	Points: 65	Points: 117	Points: 458	Points: 222	Points: 114	Points: 253
Notes: AFTER TWENTY TWO YEARS	Notes: Stanley Cup (2001), married a playboy bunny	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: Stanley Cup (1996, 2001)	Notes: Stanley Cup (1996)

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[Ceremony]

Ozolinsh, Yelle, Drury, Bourque, Stastny, McLeod, Hinote is the order of the options here imo.

 

[UncleRisto]

Ozolinsh, Yelle, Drury, Bourque, Stastny, McLeod, Hinote is the order of the options here imo.

Lost it on the last one.

 

[Frenchy]

For me , it was between Ozolinsh and Stastny. I went with Statsny for the crazy pointstreak he had.

 

[Ceremony]

How good does Drury look in his picture? Look at that hair. An absolute dreamboat.

 

[Grackle Party]

Blake over EJ still bothers me greatly

I went Yelle. big part of TWO cups

 

[Caser]

Ozolinsh, add Gusarov.

 

[Spender]

Give me my Stastny. Add Orpik

 

[GeoRox89]

Add Klemm

 

[Vaslof]

This is unfair of me, but EJ not accepting a trade but also not retiring as an Av diminishes his legacy a bit.

 

[sethro109]

This is unfair of me, but EJ not accepting a trade but also not retiring as an Av diminishes his legacy a bit.

I don't see how there's not a 1 day contract in his future to retire an Av.

 

[McMetal]

I still say it's past time to add Duchene. He's top 10 in Avs scoring still, just because he was the cornerstone of a failed rebuild doesn't mean he wasn't a great Av.

 

[sethro109]

I still say it's past time to add Duchene. He's top 10 in Avs scoring still, just because he was the cornerstone of a failed rebuild doesn't mean he wasn't a great Av.

Yeah, but at the same time,

 

[henchman21]

If we give breaks on tenure for success in short period... we should also be able to scrutinize vs a player that was here a while but never really accomplished anything.

 

[ASmileyFace]

Yelle, Ozo, 77, Staaaaz in that order for me.

 

[Bone Breaker]

again voted Yelle, add Klemm.

sorry but Hinote? Id vote on Johnny Malkin before voting on him.

 

[UncleRisto]

again voted Yelle, add Klemm.

sorry but Hinote? Id vote on Johnny Malkin before voting on him.

Six seasons and a Cup. In case you were wondering, Johnny had five and no Cup.

 

[HockeyFan100]

Add Duchene

 

[Bone Breaker]

Six seasons and a Cup. In case you were wondering, Johnny had five and no Cup.

for me, Hinote shouldnt be considered to a top 30. top 40, maybe. Krupp was more important to a title than Hinote, for example. a name who is not in the candidates list yet. could name several others. Hinote btw was nothing more than a 4th liner who never came close to even putting 20 points a season. Mitchell as a player was a lot more than that, the numbers dont lie. I get Hinote was a fan favorite but that alone shouldnt deserve a place in the list, at least not yet. twenty spots later from now, we can talk.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

I still say it's past time to add Duchene. He's top 10 in Avs scoring still, just because he was the cornerstone of a failed rebuild doesn't mean he wasn't a great Av.

It's not that he's the cornerstone of a failed rebuild. It's that he asked to leave. He wanted off the Avs. It's going to be very difficult to ever convince me to vote for him in Greatest Avs because he asked to not be an Av anymore.

for me, Hinote shouldnt be considered to a top 30. top 40, maybe. Krupp was more important to a title than Hinote, for example. a name who is not in the candidates list yet. could name several others. Hinote btw was nothing more than a 4th liner who never came close to even putting 20 points a season. Mitchell as a player was a lot more than that, the numbers dont lie. I get Hinote was a fan favorite but that alone shouldnt deserve a place in the list, at least not yet. twenty spots later from now, we can talk.

I love Hinote, and I've asked for him to be added for the last two rounds. But that doesn't mean I ever expected him to be aded this early. I just wanted to make sure he got on the board.

I love the guy and he's one of my favorites all time. As good as he was here and he won a cup with us, his greatest moment actually occured during the lockout in Europe...



Heart of a lion.

 

[Heyduke]

Add Johnny Liles.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Ozo again.

Add JML again.

 

[Bonzai12]

Add Gusarov

 

[katfude]

I see bourque i vote bourque

 

[UncleRisto]

Yeah, Liles sounds good.

I get Hinote was a fan favorite

Oh good, because that's why he's there. He might not break 30, still.