Franchise defenders are hard to draft and develop. The Avalanche have done it with Cale Makar. Maybe Bo Bryam too?

The Colorado Avalanche franchise is known for scoring goals. From their high-flying WHA as the Quebec Nordiques with Real Cloutier to today with Nathan MacKinnon, the teams’ history boasts a decorated group of forwards. Joe Sakic, Peter Forsberg, the Stastny brothers, Milan Hejduk, Mikko Rantanen... the list goes on and on.

Can you name many defenders though? Excluding our outstanding crop of current defenders; that might prove difficult.

Sure, the Avalanche had Ray Bourque and Rob Blake at the end of their respective careers.