(This
is a series that will run through the offseason that highlights the best,
worst, and most irrelevant players to wear each number from 1 to whenever there
isn’t enough players that wore a certain number to do this. So…here…we…go…)
How does an NHL player become number 1 not once, but
twice? They work hard, play harder, and develop a superstardom status among
their peers and NHL fans. But in the case of the following Avs players, they
just wore #11. Many players have worn number 11 with this team, and many of
them aren’t notable in Avs lore whatsoever. So let’s take a look shall we? Oh,
and 11 is the number of goals Tyler Seguin will score this season while still
being compared to as better than Phil Kessel. He isn’t by the way.
The Best: New comer Jamie McGinn gets the honour of being touted as the best number 11,
but it wasn’t a walk off. We were very tempted to put tough guy Chris Dingman in this slot. Dingman, believe
it or not, was a pretty important piece in the 2001 championship puzzle. Sure
he wasn’t any Sakic or Tanguay, Blake or Bourque, but on a solid Stanley Cup
roster are guys like Dingman who make the superstars jobs a little easier night
in and night out. So, having said that, we are going to call it a tie. Maybe
McGinn wouldn’t have to share this honour if he didn’t hit the post as much. This video features a Dingman fight:
The Worst: Jeff
Shantz. 74 games in the Mile High City and only 9 points to show for it. He
was the 4th line center but he wasn’t very good defensively, and oh
yea, he was part of the Drury Yelle trade. Good god what was Lacroix thinking?
I wonder why Shantz was never given a new contract. Good riddance.
Mr. Irrelevant: Darius Kasparitis. 11 games in
Colorado, 0 points, +1. Yea you don’t get much more irrelevant than that.
Other
#11’s:
Owen Nolan – Winner of the “Thanks for letting us
trade you to become a better team defensively so we could win the Cup without
you, oh and good luck in San Jose because they have SUCH a good team that will definitely
go places in the playoffs in the next 20 years” award. That one was very expensive
to carve on a trophy.
Keith Jones – winner of the “2nd best Av
to become a TV Personality” award
Pascal Trepanier – This was Trepanier’s 3rd
number with the Avs
Andrei Nikolishin – Winner of the “First guy to
fall on Steve Moore’s back after Bertuzzi punched him from behind” award.
Cody McCormick – Buffalo should have given him more
opportunities.
Phillipe Dupuis – Another pretty good 4th
line center we let go to Toronto
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