DENVER — Different generations, different styles of hockey. But the entertainment value is undoubtedly the same.
The Avalanche last won the Stanley Cup in 2001. It had centers Joe Sakic and Peter Forsberg, defensemen Ray Bourque and Rob Blake, and goalie Patrick Roy — all first-ballot Hockey Hall of Famers.
But that was in a clutch-and-grab era, before the labor lockout of 2004-05 in which there was no hockey.
