A Numbers Game: #2

#2. The number 2 is just as popular, if that’s what you want to call it, as #1 among Avs players. Only 4 players have worn #2 for the burgundy and blue, so let’s get started:

The Best: Sylvain Lefebvre, by FAR. Lefebvre was a solid anchor on the blueline for 4 seasons, and also was the 2^nd Avs player to wear the captain’s C in Avs history, for 18 games, while Sakic was injured in 1997-98.

The Worst: Bryan Muir. We don’t like putting Muir here but we have no choice. Don’t mistake this distinction as us calling Muir a bad player. He worked his tail off, was great in the room, and was solid, but the only other option was Ken Klee, and in his 1 season in Colorado, Klee was pretty darn good. WAY too many penalties though for Klee. As for Muir, that’s just the way the cookie crumbles.

Mr. Irrelevant: Wes O’Neill, who played 5 games or 2 seasons with the Avalanche. We would like to accept O’Neill’s “thank you” in advance for writing what is probably the 1^st mention of him in a hockey setting in 3 and a half years. You’re welcome Wes.

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