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Chicks and their Polls: First Impressions

By Cheryl Bradley
UNIONDALE NY - OCTOBER 16: Mark Olver #40 of the Colorado Avalanche warms up before playing against the New York Islanders on October 16 2010 at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale New York. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
UNIONDALE NY - OCTOBER 16: Mark Olver #40 of the Colorado Avalanche warms up before playing against the New York Islanders on October 16 2010 at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale New York. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
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With 1,678,290 man games lost to injury, the Avalanche have seen numerous new faces don the unipron this season. As of tonight (if Hunwick is, indeed, out of the lineup), the Avs will have iced 17 different defensemen alone. I lost track of how many guys took their turn at LW. It's a bitter sweet situation for AHLers. As a player, you never want to see a comrade fall on the battlefield, yet it's only when he does that you get your chance to show you can play with the big kids. Looking back over the season, which one of these call-ups knocked your socks off the most?