After playing nine seasons in the NHL (Washington, Nashville, Atlanta, and Minnesota), Andrew Brunette signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Avalanche for the 2005-06 Season.  The Left Wing had already proven to be an adequate scorer, and in his first season in the Rocky Mountains, he secured a 63 Point Season, on par with what Colorado was hoping for him.

Chris Drury was Quebec's third-round pick in 1994, but rather than join the organization that drafted him, he elected to join Boston University, where he would stay for four years.  As a senior, Drury would win the Hobey Baker Award as the nation's top player, and after that, he was ready to join the team that chose him, though they had now relocated to Colorado.

The reality of Jon Klemm is that he fought for every shift he got in pro hockey.

Klemm was an undrafted Free Agent in 1991, and he would not play that much in the NHL for his first few seasons.  That might be true, but the Defenseman would continue to ply his trade, and after playing 15 Games when the franchise was in Quebec, the first year the organization relocated to the Rocky Mountains would see the Defenseman find a permanent home.

Playing the last half of the 1980s with the Quebec Nordiques, Jeff Brown got his start in the NHL in La Belle Province.  The Defenseman was only with the parent club for 8 Games as a rookie, and he would be promoted for good midway through his second season (1985-86).