HFAvs Ranks: The 50 Greatest Avalanche Players - #20

[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%)

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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

Tyson Barrie (2011-2019)	Dan Hinote (1999-2006)	Cody McLeod (2007-2017)	Paul Stastny (2006-2014)	Chris Drury (1998-2002)	John-Michael Liles (2003-2011)	Matt Duchene (2009-2018)
Games Played: 484	Games played: 353	Games played: 659	Games played: 538	Games played: 314	Games played: 523	Games played: 586
Goals: 75	Goals: 27	Goals: 66	Goals: 160	Goals: 85	Goals: 68	Goals: 178
Assists: 232	Assists: 38	Assists: 51	Assists: 298	Assists: 137	Assists: 207	Assists: 250
Points: 307	Points: 65	Points: 117	Points: 458	Points: 222	Points: 275	Points: 428
Notes: Best 3rd round pick in Avalanche history	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: Dreamboat	Notes: Carried a projection of my hopes and dreams during his draft year

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[BoneCherry]

I voted Drury. Probably going to vote Stastny and Liles next. Add Klemm.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Pauly Walnuts.

Add Jon Klemm.

 

[famicommander]

Voted Stastny. Add Keane.

It hurts me inside every time I don't vote for Hinote. Soon.

 

[GeoRox89]

Add Klemm

Edit: I see you’ve changed it. Cheers!

 

[Avs2022]

I voted Drury also. It's strange to think he was only with the Av's for 4 seasons. Always feels like he spent 10 years here before being traded away.

 

[ASmileyFace]

Figure Drury should run away with this one, but after that it gets much harder for me.

 

[CobraAcesS]

I vote we shut it down before Duchene gets anywhere near getting votes.

 

[henchman21]

I vote we shut it down before Duchene gets anywhere near getting votes.

Don’t worry, I’ll create a million accounts to keep him from winning. Just be warned that T Boobs is gonna be 26-50 on the list.

 

[CobraAcesS]

Don’t worry, I’ll create a million accounts to keep him from winning. Just be warned that T Boobs is gonna be 26-50 on the list.

I'm ok with that, zero issues with Tblob.

 

[CaleMakaw]

Drury. Add ROR

 

[thedoctor]

Stastny.

Drury's tenure just wasn't long enough, nor did he produce like Stastny even when here. Only thing Drury has is being a part of a cup winner (also little league I guess).

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Stastny.

Drury's tenure just wasn't long enough, nor did he produce like Stastny even when here. Only thing Drury has is being a part of a cup winner (also little league I guess).

Drury's reputation for clutch started here. And while he often played third line minutes here, it was only because we had Sakic and Forsberg ahead of him. I actually remember Foppa switching to LW and Drury playing on the second line at times too.

 

[UncleRisto]

Add O'Reilly.

 

[Caser]

Drury, add Gusarov.

 

[UncleRisto]

Don’t worry, I’ll create a million accounts to keep him from winning. Just be warned that T Boobs is gonna be 26-50 on the list.

That's odd, 40 users including Boobs4ppreciator and B00bslover voted for Tyson Barrie.

 

[Nzap]

Klemm to be added thanks.
My vote goes for him next.

 

[thedoctor]

Boy, these are really interesting. I am learning how much higher my opinion of Paul Stastny is than...a lot of other people, apparently.

Also I think my opinion of Yelle -- which I thought was high -- is about 90x lower than ...a lot of other people, apparently.

 

[GeoRox89]

Boy, these are really interesting. I am learning how much higher my opinion of Paul Stastny is than...a lot of other people, apparently.

Also I think my opinion of Yelle -- which I thought was high -- is about 90x lower than ...a lot of other people, apparently.

I suspect this could just be a difference in how people are defining ‘greatest’. I would have a totally different order for the ‘best’ Avs players ever than I do for the ‘greatest’

You might not agree but team success makes a big difference to a lot of people when ranking legacy, as long as the player was a real contributor to that

What would be interesting is seeing where a truly elite Av without a Cup would rank. Deader, Yelle and EJ (though this one is close even though his decline is fresher than his prime) are the only ones on the list so far where I see Stastny as the better/higher quality (but not greater) player

 

[RoyIsALegend]

I suspect this could just be a difference in how people are defining ‘greatest’. I would have a totally different order for the ‘best’ Avs players ever than I do for the ‘greatest’

You might not agree but team success makes a big difference to a lot of people when ranking legacy, as long as the player was a real contributor to that

What would be interesting is seeing where a truly elite Av without a Cup would rank. Deader, Yelle and EJ (though this one is close even though his decline is fresher than his prime) are the only ones on the list so far where I see Stastny as the better/higher quality (but not greater) player

I mean, prime Duchene was clearly a better player than Yelle or Deader lol, but f*** Duchene.

 

[GeoRox89]

I mean, prime Duchene was clearly a better player than Yelle or Deader lol, but f*** Duchene.

This is how I feel about Brunette as well. Don’t care that he’s ~20 in goals and scoring and the same or higher in GPG and PPG, I will not vote for a Wild anywhere in the top 50

 

[TruePowerSlave]

Duchene and Stastny were significantly more impactful players for this organization than Yelle, it's really not even close.

 

[Grackle Party]

Duchene and Stastny were significantly more impactful players for this organization than Yelle, it's really not even close.

Yelle was a significant role player on two cup teams. Staz and Dutch had two first round exits

 

[TruePowerSlave]

Yelle was a significant role player on two cup teams. Staz and Dutch had two first round exits

I judge the player not team results.

Put Yelle on any of the Stastny/Duchene Avs teams and he is a bottom sixer who never would win anything.

 

[Ceremony]

I'm honestly surprised we're at #20 and there are only five Bednar-era players in the results so far, with one on the poll and no others in sight.