14. Ray Bourque
Defenseman (1999-2001)
• 19-time NHL All-Star (one with Colorado)
• NHL all-time leader points by defenseman (1,579)
• No. 3 NHL career plus/minus (528)
• No. 9 NHL games played (1612, 94 with Colorado)
• Five James Norris Memorial Trophies, six runners-up (one with Colorado)
• Stanley Cup champion … finally (2001)
“I could go on forever on him, being a teenager from New England who actually watched Bourque when he first came into the league as a big Bruins fan. My favorite all-time memory of him though: I got to drink beers with him the night he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. I was in Toronto covering the induction, and at the end of the night it was just me and him and a couple others talking about his entire career over a few Molson Goldens at the bar in the Toronto Westin Bayshore Hotel. His willingness to just hang out with regular people said it all about him as a player and person.” – Adrian Dater, longtime Avalanche beat writer
