Who Wore It Better: #15

In an effort to make the offseason more bearable, we here at Avaholics Unanimous are committed to bringing you Avs related stuff to read. This could come in the form of senseless drabble, or things that are actually interesting to read. We hope these "Who Wore It Better" segments fall under the latter category.

The number 15. Not a number any Avs fan really thinks about when ask who their favorite players are, save for maybe one gem. Once again, we were surprised by the amount of number 15's in Avs history, but after looking at the list, we decided it was just a number the Avs brass gave to guys who had no hope in heck in sticking with the team. So without further adieu...adeu? Adeau? This computer doesn't have french SpellCheck (Eric Lindros would love this computer) so we don't know...anyways, here is #15!

The Best: Who else but Heart And Soul, Mr. Nice Guy Andrew Brunette? This guy was a workhorse with the Avs who slotted in nicely along side Joe Sakic and pretty much anyone else who he got paired with. He only played 3 seasons with Colorado but he never missed a single game and he always scored 19 goals or more. His point totals in 246 games? 205. Ridiculous. Apart from scoring, Brunette was a great leader for the team and did a lot of good around the Denver community. Almost enough to forgive him for scoring the last goal on Patrick Roy. Almost.

The Worst: Brian Rolston. Remember him in an Avs jersey? He was brought over in the trade that sent Claude Lemieux back to New Jersey. He came in as a young guy with a heavy shot that had potential to score 20 goals a year (he had 24 for just a few seasons previous with the Devils) but totally dudded out in Colorado. 50 games, 8 goals, and 18 points. And he was getting 2nd line minutes (over 16 minutes a game). He crapped out in Colorado, but luckily the Bruins still saw some potential in him as he was a piece to the Ray Bourque trade. Rolston would go on to score over 30 goals in 4 seasons in the league, racking up 761 points. Decent career, bad for the Avs.

Mr. Irrelevant: Mike Gaul. Gaul in the epitome of irrelevant. He played 1 game with the Avs, playing just under 11 minutes with 1 shot on goal in the 98/99 season. He would later go on to dress in 2 games with the Jackets in 2001. Not being able to crack an expansion roster for at least 5 games? That's Gaul awful. We'll see ourselves out.

Other #15’s:

Josef Marha (Winner of the "Went on to Better Things" award)

Yves Sarault (Winner of the "Why is he on the 3rd line in NHL 98" award)

Ted Crowly (Winner of the "Makes us think of an Ozzy song" award)

Brad Larsen (15 was one of 3 numbers he wore for the Avs, (9, 40))

Matt Hendricks (Solid 4th liner and wait we traded Johnny Boychuk for him?)

P.A. Parenteau (The Mother Truckin one)

The Ozzy song was "Mr. Crowley" by the way. Look it up. Good song.


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