NHL names Avalanche 'Quarter Century' team

[Ceremony]

The NHL has been doing a thing to celebrate it being 25, with every team's best lineup from 2000-2025. Here are ours:

Forward positions obviously not taken into account.

Discuss.

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[SirLoinOfCloth]

This is obviously bullshit. No Georgiev.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

No concerns with the players named.

EJ gets in over Toews/Bourque due to tenure. No problem.

 

[missionAvs]

EJ over Matt Hunwick is a choice.

 

[hockeyfish]

Who would be your 3rd line/pairing/goalie? I'd probably say Tanguay, Stastny, Duchene, Liles, Towes, and Anderson.

 

[AllAboutAvs]

Where is the General?

 

[forsbergavs32]

Who would be your 3rd line/pairing/goalie? I'd probably say Tanguay, Stastny, Duchene, Liles, Towes, and Anderson.

Arnason, May, Yakupov, Hunwick, Guenin, Georgiev

 

[Hennessy]

That's exactly what I assumed it would/should be.

 

[sethro109]

I bet at some point, Keefe and Rycroft are going to give Liles shit for not making it.

 

[Pokecheque]

Sure, I'm good with this.

 

[famicommander]

That top 6 forward group would score so many freaking goals.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

Varly

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Watching prime Sakic was centering both prime Forsbergs and MacKinnon would be something. Especially with Makar and Foote.

Footer breaks up the cycle, finds Makar, who skates out of trouble looks up ice and finds Sakic at the redline for a 3 on 1 break against...

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Watching prime Sakic was centering both prime Forsbergs and MacKinnon would be something. Especially with Makar and Foote.

Footer breaks up the cycle, finds Makar, who skates out of trouble looks up ice and finds Sakic at the redline for a 3 on 1 break against...

But Mikko hops over the boards early and gets both an offside call to go with a too many men on the ice penalty.

 

[UncleRisto]

Pierre-Marc Bouchard is going to make the Wild's second team.

Anyway, just a thought.