HFAvs Ranks: The Worst Avalanche Player

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Jordan Caron - Bates Battaglia - David Jones
David Koçi - Karl Stollery
Hunter Miska

Man, I forgot about Jordan Caron. That dude was so bad.

 

[The Abusement Park]

I mean... It's objectively Miska and will always be Miska.

Or maybe Kolesnik?

 

[The Kingslayer]

I mean... It's objectively Miska and will always be Miska.

Or maybe Kolesnik?

Kolesnik was prime Hasek compared to Miska.

 

[Gruyeriev]

Kolesnik was prime Hasek compared to Miska.

Shut your mouth! Kolesnik was the savior! He was never given a fair chance. The Boychuk of goalies.

 

[Gruyeriev]

Oh I totally forgot about Daniel Tjarnqvist! So unbelievably bad, I went to an Avs/Ducks game during the famed Granato era, he got shoved out there for two shifts and got scored on both times, even nice guy Tony benched his ass. He left for Sweden not long after that and never returned IIRC.

I got a puppy that night so it wasn’t a huge loss. That dog lasted me over 13 years.

Ooh that’s a good one. Completely forgot he existed.

 

[Gruyeriev]

Derek Peltier
Tom Preissing
Borna Rendulic
Dominic Toninato
Michael Vernace

 

[UncleRisto]

Man, I forgot about Jordan Caron. That dude was so bad.

I checked it, no points in 19 games.

It's always a disappointment when someone with 3.5 star potential doesn't pan out.

 

[Hasbro]

I checked it, no points in 19 games.

It's always a disappointment when someone with 3.5 star potential doesn't pan out.

Size Queen.

 

[ABasin]

I won’t count fighters since it’s expected they suck at hockey.

I think Greg Zanon is the worst Avalanche player I have ever watched try to take a consistent shift.

He was a pure abomination; the stinkiest, wettest turd among a pile of shitbiscuits. What a time that was.

Yeah, the fighter point is a good one.

Given that, Joe Colborne was pretty awful. (6'5" though! @Hasbro )

With some props to John Mitchell - in his last Avs season. Those two chumps simply gave up and flat out coasted in Bednar's first year.

Has no one mentioned Shane O'Brien?

He was quite bad also.

 

[thedoctor]

Yeah, the fighter point is a good one.

Given that, Joe Colborne was pretty awful. (6'5" though! @Hasbro )

With some props to John Mitchell - in his last Avs season. Those two chumps simply gave up and flat out coasted in Bednar's first year.


He was quite bad also.

and yet, Zanon >>> Guenin

I will not let Guenin off the hook, that guy made Kyle Cumiskey look like an all-star by comparison.

 

[S E P H]

Has no one mentioned Shane O'Brien?

I think he had talent, but thought he was greater than he is. He's like that kid at drop-in/beer league hockey who played junior B and thinks he can stick handle through ten guys.

 

[UncleRisto]

Has no one mentioned Shane O'Brien?

No, because we had way worse on the same teams.

and yet, Zanon >>> Guenin

I will not let Guenin off the hook, that guy made Kyle Cumiskey look like an all-star by comparison.

Guenin was so good.

 

[captaincheese]

Ryan Wilson
Im pretty sure the guy was injured his whole career with us.

 

[thedoctor]

No, because we had way worse on the same teams.


Guenin was so good.

How dare you sir

...at pointing right?

 

[Markster]

To make my list requires at least 41 games (1/2 season) or 15 starts in net with Avs. I also don't count horrible return stints like Soderberg ver 2.0:

Brandon Yip - Cody McCormick - Scott Parker
Greg Zanon - David Koci
Philippe Sauve (Not enough games but dishonorable mention for Hunter Miska's amazing .838 save percentage)

 

[Babel Salamander]

I have no idea how to evaluate who the worst player in Avs history is (I probably blocked the worst out of my memory) but most hated is easy... Brad May. I never forgave Pierre Lacroix for that signing.

 

[Snow Arc]

Dale Hunter?

I don't think I'm doing this right.

 

[UncleRisto]

How dare you sir

...at pointing right?

No, all of it.

 

[willy702]

These guys were better than a lot of Avs who got in a couple of games and didn't stick. There has to be a minimum games played qualifier here. But some bad memories have been stirred by some names here