Before going further, you might want to grab a snack. 23 players have worn #17 for the Avalanche, tied with one other number as the most popular number for the franchise (any guesses as to the other favored number is?). With so many players wearing it, you might think the list is filled with short-term players and you would be right. Only 6 players wore it more than one year and only one player wore it more than two. And I've never heard of that guy in my life. Blair Stewart. You know how the Avalanche almost never have former Red Wings on their teams? Well, that wasn't an issue when the team was in Quebec. Stewart is a forward who got his start with the evil empire. He then played a couple of seasons before getting claimed by the Nordiques in the 1979 expansion draft. He played one season - 79-80 - in Quebec ( top row, 2nd from left ), scoring 14 points in 30 games. For comedic effect, there were 3 Stewarts - all forwards - on the team that year. None were related and all three played just that one season for Quebec. I can only imagine that someone in the front office thought the idea of playing 3 guys on the same line together would be a cool marketing ploy, because the next year they imported 2/3 of the Stastny brothers from Czechoslovakia. The Stewarts, though, were cast aside. Blair spent the next year in