When all-time great athletes play for another team.

[DBR]

Ray Bourque

He may have been past his prime but he was still putting up some respectable numbers.

I remember when the Avs hung his sweater from the rafters the following year, and it felt like very much like a why is this happeing here!? moment.

Great guy, too bad he couldn't win in it Boston.

 

[Aragorn]

Wait, what? The Avs retired Bourque's number??? He played there for like 1-1/6 seasons! I don't see the Astros or Blue Jays retiring Roger Clemens' number.

By that standard, are the Avs going to retire Rob Blake's number? Paul Kariya? Teemu Selanne? Jose Theodore?