There is a reason no one will ever wear the No. 19 within the Colorado Avalanche organization ever again; there is a reason the No. 19 will forever hang from the rafters long after Joe has left the organization, and there is a reason why players like Jonathan Toews still sport the number today.
Indeed, in one of Toews’ first games ever in the NHL he faced off against Joe Sakic — his childhood hero — and he won. Both are sporting the No. 19, and Joe Sakic was only a few years away from seeing that number lifted to immortality.