Colorado Avalanche winger Gabriel Bourque is a player I didn’t give too much consideration to going in to last season. I figured he’d spend the majority of the season either sitting on the Avs bench or playing in San Antonio.
Instead, Bourque played 58 games with the Avs. Granted, he was typically a fourth-liner who played under 10 minutes a night. Nonetheless, it was more than I expected from the 27-year-old Quebecois. (In fact, I usually forget he’s Quebecois — he has very little accent and, frankly, the voice of a blues singer.)
In fact, in the regular season, Bourque earned five goals and six assists for 11 points.