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Tenacious and quick, Bryan Rust sounds about right when you think of man from Pontiac, Michigan.

Rust played collegiately at Notre Dame, where the Right Wing was good enough to gain a Third Round selection by the Penguins, though it was four years later until he debuted for the parent club.  Playing sparingly until his third year, Rust aided the Pens in their 2016 and 2017 Stanley Cup Championships, even winning the nickname of “Mr. Eliminator” for his penchant to score Series closing Goals.

In all of his last four seasons, Rust scored at least 42 Points, which may be the high-water mark for him, but he is currently on a four-year streak of 20 Goals, and the Penguins have been fortunate to have him for the last nine years.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2021/22 revision of our top 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 not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, Colorado won their third Stanley Cup and look to be the most complete Hockey team in years.  Surprisingly, there were no new entries, but significant rises among some of the top current players, though none of them made the top five

As always, we present our top five:

1. Joe Sakic

2. Peter Forsberg

3. Michel Goulet

4. Peter Stastny

5. Patrick Roy

You can find the entire list here.

Center, Nathan MacKinnon, moved up to spots to #6.

Team Captain, Gabriel Landeskog, climbed to #9 from #14.

Mikko Rantanen had a huge jump, going to #16 from #27.

Veteran Defenseman, Erik Johnson, stayed at #25, and would have moved up one had Rantanen not passed him.

Cale Makar, who made history by joining Bobby Orr as the only players to have won the Norris and Conn Smythe in the same year, rocketed up from 50 to #28, which again is incredible for only a three-year player.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

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Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2021/22 revision of our top Edmonton Oilers.

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 not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Oilers finally made it to Conference Finals, which considering their two young superstars, Connor McDavid & Leon Draisitl, was projected for them before now.

As always, we present our top five, which changed from last year:

1. Wayne Gretzky

2. Mark Messier

3. Jari Kurri

4. Connor McDavid

5. Paul Coffey

You can find the entire list here.

McDavid, who won the Art Ross last year for the fourth time, moved up from #6.

2020 Hart Trophy winner, Leon Draisaitl, climbed to #9 from #7.

Center, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, went up two ranks to #17.

Defenseman, Darnell Nurse went up from #26 to #24.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.