Sometimes, just the reactions to a question confirm it is a good one.

“You’re throwing yourself into the fire with that one, so have fun with that.”

“You are making me think way too hard too early in the morning.” (For context, this was said at 11 a.m.)

“So anyway … good luck with that. It does seem like an impossible question.”

Here is the question: A proverbial Mount Rushmore for the Colorado Avalanche includes Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg, Nathan MacKinnon and …?

Here are the choices: One of the two greatest goaltenders in the history of the sport, who backstopped the Avs to a pair of Stanley Cup championships? Or the best defenseman on the planet right now, who might spend his entire career with the franchise and end up as one of the best to ever do it at his position as well?

Patri

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