Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we maintain and update our existing Top 50 lists annually. As such, we are delighted to present our pre-2025/26 revision of our top 50 Colorado Avalanche.
As for all of our top 50 players in hockey, we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Hockey League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.
Last year, the loaded Avalanche team cruised into the playoffs but was eliminated in the first round. There were no new entrants but multiple elevations..
As always, we present our top five, which remain unchanged.
1. Joe Sakic
2. Nathan MacKinnon
3. Peter Forsberg
4. Michel Goulet
5. Peter Stastny
You can find the entire list here.
Nathan MacKinnon, who was fourth in Hart voting last year, was #2 last year, and still has years to go to overtake Joe Sakic.
Mikko Rantanen, who was shockingly traded to Carolina (and then to Dallas) was not able to advance past #8.
Two-time and defending Norris Trophy winner Cale Makar, moved from #12 to #10.
Defenseman Devon Toews went up six spots to #24.
Another Defenseman, Samuel Girard, climbed two rungs to #34.
Right Wing Valeri Nichuskin went up three spots to #37.
We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.
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