Best friends from their time with the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Paul Kariya, and Teemu Selanne decided in the summer of 2003 that it was time to reunite and make a push for the Stanley Cup with a team already oozing with talent. That team was the Colorado Avalanche.
After losing in game 7 of the Stanley Cup final to the New Jersey Devils the previous spring, Kariya decided to move on from the only NHL team he ever knew. He left the Mighty Ducks as the team's all-time leader in games played (606), goals (300), assists (369), points (669).