Welcome to the newest feature of Hockeybuzz.com and that's the Colorado Avalanche weekly poll.

Every Wednesday I will post a new poll on a blog asking an Avalanche-based poll question where you all can answer, discuss and, best of all debate. Originally, I was going to start this next week but one of the posters put one up in the forums and I thought it would be a great way to get things started.

Here's his poll question:

Craig Anderson
Nothing else to say but, WOW. Andy stole games for us throughout the season and playoffs. He nailed this team down and was one of the symbolic figures of our rebuilding process. The only knock I have on him is his 5-hole was revealed a weakness more then a few times. But again, WOW we really made a smart signing there. Kudos to the management team.

Chris Stewart
Stu is an interesting player indeed. There were times in the season where we were simply amazed by stu's growth and poise. Stewart was our leading goal scorer and a huge part of this team. While he did go through mental lapses and seemed invisible from time to time he is a natural goal scorer and has the size and capability to be great.

Matt Duchene
Matt Duchene was a full out stud this season. He took the pressure of being a top 3 pick and thrived off of it. Duchene was the kind of player who lifted me off my couch whenever he touched the puck. You know when a player has that effect on people he is certainly special indeed. John Tavar- who??? [;)] Just kidding isles fans both players are talented. I guess we will have to see if matty suffers a sophmore slump like so many players before him.*knocks on wood*

Peter Mueller

Peter Mueller is another interesting one like Stewart.(irronic considering we're working on both their offer sheets) Muells clearly did not fit in Pheonix. However, when he moved to the mile high in the Tinman deal Muells play improved drastically. It's surprising how much a scenery change can effect a player. He was also a huge force on our previously lacking PP. My only question about him now is....how will he come back from a concussion?

David Jones

Not to much to write about jonesy but that early in the season he was phenomenal. It was looking like he was going to have his breakout season until he tore his ACL. This was tragic especially because of our unexpected success. Who knows how we would have done with a healthy Jones AND Muells.

T.J. Galiardi

Gali was great both ways alongside O'reilly on the PK. Gali also played with heart and emotional most games. Selke Potential.

Brandon Yip

Yip has potential to be a top 6 forward. The kid is a sniper. I'm expecting around 15-25 goals this season.

Ryan O'Reilly

Factor is just a great character guy. From what I hear everyone in the lockeroom loves him and I see him sporting the 'C' one day.

I am also going to add two players to this and an other in the poll. If you post other, please leave me a twitter message or, preferably, a comment in the comments section of who you want to see and why. The two players I added are:

Paul Stastny:

Stastny is the highest paid player on the Avs and is also the offensive leader (at least for now). While some feel he's disappointed, I feel he's one of the best two-way players in the league who has the misfortune of having a gigantic contract put in front of him by Francois Giguere. If he was making 4 million a year no one would have a single problem.

Kyle Quincey

BAMF is locked up and ready to go for another season but will he be able to put his defensive game and offensive game together and use both to help the Avs?

This week, I will have two polls, one that will be anwered by Avs fans and one that will be answered by the other fans around the league, not to segregate everyone but just to see which players people are excited to see, both from around the league, and from Avs land.

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