commentary...

through the years,i have despised the Avalanche(and always will),but there was one player on that team that i truly did respect,and that player,was Joe Sakic.... he played the game of hockey with a childhood zeal,passion,and true class... he played in Quebec City,Quebec,with the Nordiques,when i was a big Nordiques' fan,and when they moved to Denver,in 1995-1996,the newly-minted Avalanche won the Stanley Cup... for the players,and fans of the Nordiques' franchise,i was very happy,that year,and for that one year,i was happy for Joe Sakic... i truly respected the way that he played throughout his career,and very sad that his career ended early,because of injury... you can respect someone and simply want to kick the team's collective rear ends,every time the two teams played each other... Sakic was,and still is,a class act,then as a player,and as a man,and that is most important...