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Flashback Friday: Reflecting on the 2003-04 Colorado Avalanche

When we look back at the history of great Colorado Avalanche teams, most fans instantly go to the Stanley Cup years of 1995-96 and 2000-01 - with good reason. But the 2003-04 Avs team is one that rivals the best of them when it comes to pure talent. It was a team that was able to ice five Hall of Famers every night and had Patrick Roy not retired after the previous season, we might be talking about one of the most legendary teams in franchise history.

Player GP G A P
Player GP G A P
Joe Sakic 81 33 54 87
Alex Tanguay 69 25 54 79
Milan Hejduk 82 35 40 75
Peter Forsberg 39 18 37 55
Rob Blake 74 13 33 46
Steve Konowalchuk 76 19 20 39
Paul Kariya 51 11 25 36
John-Michael Liles 79 10 24 34
Teemu Selanne 78 16 16 32
Adam Foote 73 8 22 30
Derek Morris 69 6 22 28
Martin Skoula 58 2 14 16
Karlis Skrastins 82 5 8 13
Andrei Nikolishin 49 5 7 12
Steve Moore 57 5 7 12
Dan Hinote 59 4 7 11
Matthew Barnaby 13 4 5 9
Travis Brigley 36 3 4 7
Cody McCormick 44 2 3 5
Peter Worrell 49 3 1 4
Brad Larsen 26 2 2 4
Darby Hendrickson 20 1 3 4
Chris Gratton 13 2 1 3
Jim Cummins 55 1 2 3
Marek Svatos 4 2 0 2
Brett Clark 12 1 1 2
Charlie Stephens 6 0 2 2
Bates Battaglia 4 0 1 1
Kurt Sauer 14 0 1 1
Riku Hahl 28 0 1 1
Dennis Bonvie 1 0 0 0
Mikhail Kuleshov 3 0 0 0
Bob Boughner 11 0 0 0
Ossi Vaananen 12 0 0 0
Jordan Krestanovich 14 0 0 0
Philippe Sauve 17 0 0 0
Chris McAllister 34 0 0 0

Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg, Teemu Selanne, Paul Kariya and Rob Blake - that sounds more like a powerplay on a Hall of Fame legends team than an NHL lineup.