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43 Comments
Super glad we finally got this video!! Been looking forward to it!
The condor was my favorite av growing up. So solid and consistent.
The first hockey jersey I ever bought is my EJ jersey.
never forget the golf cart incident
Just fell to my knees at the club
Another very professional and informative presentation.
Although he didn't start there , I've always considered EJ to be an Av . Consistent performer every game .
I was pleased he got at least one Stanley Cup during his career .
One of my favourive Avs of a time. For a good period there, he was easily Colorado's best defensive player. I remember watching the 2016-17 season, and as an Avs fan it was so frusterating to see him single handedly drag the Avs defense to looking simply awful rather then one of the worst ever, only to get hurt and my god… you do not want to know how bad we looked without him in the lineup.
EJ is an absolute gem and my favorite player. I'm lucky to have watched him play for his career. I've never met him (obviously) but he seems like a legit wholesome human being. EJ is a š in my eyes
Hell yeah š¤
Good video
One of my all time favorite Avs, I'm glad he got his ring
He was always going to be overshadowed by Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin but it's nice he was able to have a solid career and able to lift the Stanley Cup.
One of the guys that stuck it out through the dark days and glad he got to lift Lord Stanley for it. Enjoy retirement EJ!
Condor!
FLY CONDOR FLY!! He will always be one of my favorite Avs of all-time. Fantastic dude and I hope he stays in broadcasting for a long time. Thanks for making this, Shannon!
Never knew much about this player at all…. He was never considered a good Dman I guess. Good video….. especially for a defensive defenceman
Love EJ! Go Avs! Hoping to see him join more broadcasts as heās got a great personality and fantastic insights!
Already used my 3 YouTube āhypesā on your other videos this week. Iāll have to come back next week to give this one a bump when I get another! š¤š»
Thanks for this, and…aren't rabbits faster than cats?
Towards the end of his time in Colorado, before he went to buffalo, he was the longest active tenured athlete in all of Colorado sports.
And when he knew the Avs werenāt going to re-sign him he paid for full page in a Denver paper to thank the city of Denver the fans.
Class act guy all around
My first EVER favorite hockey player. I remember seeing him in Colorado as a kid and loving him. Got my first ever real sports jersey for my 12th birthday and it was an Avs EJ one. It was huge on me back then but I grew into it. Not in great shape anymore, but I still have it and wear it from time to time
Thank you. š
When he shredded his knee in a golf cart incident he seemed like a completely different player.
If only the Blues drafted Toews over Johnson. Or like so many other great players who came out of that draft class.
Condor deserves all the love he can get!
Career video!!
6:57 1 goal played? I too like playing goals!
I adore EJ. Heās such a class act and a wonderful interview. That 20-21 āupper bodyā injury was really bad concussion related issues, and he almost retired that summer of 2021 before deciding to come back the next season. And thank goodness he did come back, he was directly responsible for the game winning goal of the St Louis series (he had the 2nd assist of that beautiful Helm goal, if Iām not mistaken), getting the Avs past the second round and on to winning the Cup. Love this guy. So glad heās sticking around the Avalanche and doing a little broadcasting now, too.
Long live the condor
Good, hard-working player – hope he enjoys retirement š
I was there at the Draft in Vancouver when he went #1. I remember Ovechkin came on stage and Selected Backstrom for the Capitals. It was cool
Never the most talented guy on the ice, but always one of the best off of it. I don't know a single Avs fan that didn't adore EJā¤š
NIKLAS HJALMARSSON
Flyers legend
Shattenkirk should get a career look too
He tore up his knee in that stupid golf cart accident, players jacking around stupidly. He was never the same after that, he was such a dynamic skater and I don't know if it never healed fully, or it changed his stride. He could of been special.
After he won the Cup, he was the only player who brought it back to the fans. He couldāve taken it anywhere, back to his hometown or whatever else he wouldāve wanted, but he spent half the day taking it to us fans in the Denver area. He was supposed to go inside Family Sports and let us walk by and say hi and see the Cup behind a barrier, and instead he of his own accord got out of the car with the Cup and carried it all the way down a very long, zigzagging line of fans that went all the way through the parking lot and beyond around the building, then carried it all the way back again to the car and raised it in front of us as we chanted for him. I got to touch the Cup twice. It was unreal. Even during the playoff run he never stopped emphasizing how important the fans were and how instrumental they were to the teamās success. At the Cup rally he took the mike and said, āDenver! WE did it!ā He made me feel like I mattered. He was such a class act, still is. He never stopped being grateful to the team, the fans, everyone.
Shortly before he retired, he was trying to make the team by working his butt off in practice. I waited outside the practice facility, by the public exit, hoping he would come out. I had made a sign after he got traded back to the Avs, to welcome him back, but I never got to show it to him at a game, because he always never happened to be playing. I was the only fan out there, but I waved the sign around as he got in his car and sat there a bit. He couldāve gone out the private exit, but he came out to see me and autograph my sign instead. I could tell by his face and his eyes that he was exhausted, but he still came out for a faceless fan like me.
I probably donāt have to explain why he is one of my all-time favorite players. Iām so thankful that he considers Colorado his home now and has no intention of leaving. I would love to see him get a regular, full-time position with the Avs at some point (he already sometimes does color commentating for the radio broadcast). He also belongs in the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame for what he has meant to the Avs and the fans. I would also retire his #6. No one else should wear that.
Loved him when he came up with the Blues. Had a pretty good career! Thanks for the video.
Excellent video. What a career. š
How about race rabbits!!
Cliffs Of Dover is a good song.
EJ was amazing in Philly. Was a fantastic addition by GMDB. Glad he was able to go home to retire. š«”š«” (and yes, Colorado was his home)
I'm surprised since the avalanche lost he didn't put on Nashville's jersey for this video too