Today in Colorado Avalanche History

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Oct 3, 2009 6:00 AM MDT in Today In Colorado Avalanche History

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October 3rd, 1995 - On the eve of the season (man, don't you wish deals still happened right before the start of the season?), the Avalanche acquired Claude Lemieux from the Devils in a 3-way deal. The Avalanche sent ~~Mats Sundin~~ Wendel Clark to the Islanders, the Islanders sent Steve Thomas to the Devils and the Devils sent Lemieux to Denver. Interestingly, Clark was traded again later that year to the Toronto Maple Leafs for the draft pick that would become...today's likely starter, Roberto Luongo. As for Lemieux? Hmmm, I don't really recall anything memorable about his stay in Colorado.

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Hmmm, I don’t really recall anything memorable about his stay in Colorado.

Nope, nothing to see here, no bloody brawls, or douchy Darren McCarty moments, or big rivalries formed…just a ho hum lovable kind of tenure in Denver :)

by chiavsfan on Oct 3, 2009 6:12 AM MDT reply actions

This team thrives on passion.

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by Tommelot on Oct 3, 2009 7:23 AM MDT reply actions

Nope, nothing to see here, no bloody brawls, or douchy Darren McCarty moments, or big rivalries formed…just a ho hum lovable kind of tenure in Denver :)

Haha, yeah, Claude who?

BTW, what did we get for Mats Sundin? Whatever it was, it wasn’t worth it (coming from a secondary Leafs fan).

by Jimmy_the_scumbag on Oct 3, 2009 9:18 AM MDT reply actions

Per Hockey News

6/28/1994
Toronto Maple Leafs traded Wendel Clark, Sylvain Lefebvre, Landon Wilson and 1st round selection (Jeffrey Kealty) in 1994 to the Quebec Nordiques for Mats Sundin, Garth Butcher, Todd Warriner and 1st round selection (previously acquired from the Philadelphia Flyers, later traded to the Washington Capitals – Nolan Baumgartner) in 1994.

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by Hopfenkopf on Oct 3, 2009 9:54 AM MDT up reply actions

Lemieux is the namesake for our cat, who from the very start, exhibited an eerily similar personality to Claude…..

by jd21 on Oct 3, 2009 10:28 AM MDT reply actions

Ok, I remembered Lefebvre coming from TO, and it looks like he’s all that was even remotely worth remembering. That’s almost as good as Drury and Yelle for glassjaw Morris and those other two jokers who did exactly jack for us. Then there was Regehr, and Corbet for Fleury and Dingman. Oh, and Tanguay for Jordan, ‘paper mache’, Leopold. How exactly does Lacroix have more credibility than Mike Milbury in the last ten years?

by Jimmy_the_scumbag on Oct 3, 2009 10:33 AM MDT reply actions

The Stanley Cups have a little bit to do with it.

by ShaneG on Oct 3, 2009 11:51 AM MDT up reply actions

Off to today's game...

Hopoefully Duchene scores his first goal. (Unfortunately I’ll be sitting with a Canucks fan.)

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by Jibblescribbits on Oct 3, 2009 10:35 AM MDT reply actions

yall think the Altiboobs are bad...

The Rogers Sportsnet people are terrible, BUT they did just point out how Hodgson and Duchene were teammates and how it must really suck to watch Duchene being awesome :D

by wflan on Oct 3, 2009 1:49 PM MDT up reply actions