The Career of Joe Sakic 

Amazing how at 37 and riddled with some injuries, he managed to pull off a 100 point season. Don't think that could ever happen in today's game. Go Joe!

He had the best wrist shot in NHL history.

He also won a gold medal in the 2002 Olympics

Sakic- no complaints, rewarded with 2 stanley cups, Lindros lot of whining, no cups. Karma, baby.

As a Red Wings fan, despite the Avs-Wings rivalry, I still always really liked Sakic, got his curve on my stick and pretended I could shoot like Joe in my backyard. I just didn't tell anyone! 😂

Sakic immediately passing the Cup to Bourque was beautiful. True leader. Bourque, another guy I love.

I hope to commemorate this video, the guy who has been harassing you gets arrested and institutionalized or jailed.

Bring back the Nordique

It's a Joe Sakic video! Are you okay Shannon? 😂

I kind of had a feeling you’d do either forsberg or Sakic for your next career video. Can’t go wrong with Burnaby Joe

It's funny, when I was a kid everything was about Sakic and Sundin. They were gods. I never heard a single bad word about Sakic in those days. Every kid where I grew up was either a leafs fan or an avalanche fan which always made me naively think they were huge rivals as a kid. Looking back I'm not sure why but as an extremely biased leaf fan as a kid, Sakic was literally the only player from another team that I liked. This video really took me back and got the nostalgia to kick in pretty hard!

Joe lost 2 good years due of the lock outs. you could add another 60 goals minimum. what a shame!! when Joe gave the cup to Ray, i cried! i HATED Boston has much i hated Nordiques but man i had the most respect for Ray

wasnt there a troll who wanted you to do a video on joe sakic?

I was upvote #19. Perfection.

I love hockey and I'm sad I've only been a fan for like 5 years because apparently I missed Sakic scoring 100 points at age 37. Damn. Thanks again!

Got the privilege to meet him. He was so kinda and welcoming.

Burnaby Joe

Old video new comment and all that... It's crazy how he played a large part of his career through the DPE and still had a ridiculous career points total. Despite widely being considered an all time great I still think he's underrated. Definitely top 10 all time in my eyes. It's also probably not a coincidence that the seasons that he was healthy and had his best totals they won the Cup both times. This guy was more important to a championship team than Gretzky could ever hope to be and the Oilers winning without him in 1990 proves that...

60,000! 55,000 in about a year! Your hard work earned every one,plus those to come. Congratulations. Proud of you.

Burnaby Joe---and a Canuck killer :( One of the all time great,s with one of the greatest releases and wrist shots in the game!

I never thought you would do a Sakic video for all the right reasons.

My Fav Player all time! Bunaby Joe one of the deadliest wristers in nhl history.

wasn't the whole reason the Rangers let Messier go to Vancouver was they were counting on signing Sakic?

I ❤️ Sakic

as a ex habs fan for near 35 years, i HATED, and i mean HATED Nordiques to no end, the wars we had with my mom ( my father and I being Habs fan and my mom Nordiques fan ) are legendary. but man did i ever respected Joe and jealous that the he played for them and not the Habs.

born in may 95... jaurais aimé voir les nordiques jouer. ill go see to mtl vs caps pre season game in videotron center in qc city sept 20 :)

Joe Sakic was the best player for the Nordiques and the Avalanche

My grandpa was his coach when he was playing in Burnaby wayyy back when, pretty cool

Not really a hockey 🏒 fan but the Quebec Nordiques probably had the best uniforms I ever seen

S U P E R J O E S U P E R J O E S U P E R J O E

In 10 years the video you make (The Career of Joe Sakic: GM Edition) is going to hopefully be weirdly parallel. I can see it now...went from "Bad GM, can't build a team" to "built a team that the league emulated and defined hockey in the 20s".

As a long time Wings fan, I always respected Sakic and always loved when we played them. Good video.

Burnaby Joe My favorite player as a kid :D

Joe Sakic = Pure Class.

Hockey guy doing a year by year analysis of a great player. Reminds me of those times we used to compare the stats on the back of O'Pee Chee cards in grade 2-4. Lost so many great hockey cards playing that stupid card flip game against the side of our school. Oh the humanity!

Sounds like you're talking about making a Roenick video .. congratulations on making the 60k mark

Shannon, I'm glad that you did this for the Nords and Avs fans. Good perspective.

You think Shannon would be an avs fan or more of an avs fan considering the avs helped borque get over the hump and get his cup.

Lots of similarities to Stevie Y...

no mention of the 2002 olympics? he was the best player there. speaking of which, perhaps tommy salo deserves a video. but about joe, the man is pure class. always has been. top 20 player all time and we were proud to have him in swift current for his junior career.

Finally the sakic video lol

His goal in the gold medal game at the 2002 Olympics is my favourite of his. As soon as he broke free across the blue line I knew he would score with that beauty of a wrist shot.

This was my fave player ever!!!From my fave team till they got stolen!!!

All the best NHL captains wear number 19.

Sakic was a stud. I was at western Michigan university cheering on the red wings, and that guy tore us up. Hats off to Sakic and loved listening to the Gary Thorne calls at the time. What a great hockey time.

Sakic was one of the best of his time and the absolute best player in the world at a time it mattered most (to me at least) in the gold medal game in Salt Lake, 2002.

Mr Clutch his humbleness is amazing he Mr MVP the Greatest Captain in Avalanche history Super Joe a natural winner but a better Person . I'm from the Avalanche country so I got witness his greatness first hand I'm a die hard AVALANCHE Fan we sure do miss Peter MCNabb the way he call Avalanche games especially the playoffs listen to P.McNabb go crazy on the 📻 is a masterpiece the way he called Avalanche games it was heavenly to us Avalanche fans.

Super Joe!! Still one of the nicest guys you could meet

Thx for the vid Shannon! I'm a huge fan of sakic. As an Avs fan it's tough to say that Yzerman is the best #19 ever... But it's barely true. I will always argue for sakic either way. Theyre both damn fine GMs too. Sakic wins that one tho

Peter Forsberg?

Joe Sakic was a great player! He had a tip during Canada's lost in the shootout against the Czech Republic goaltender Dominik Hasek in the 1998 Nagano Olympics. Sakic was not in that game due to an injury. Team Canada should have kept its line of communications open. What if Sakic's tip went through to Team Canada's bench back then?

I really wanted the Leafs to draft him, I was crushed, knew they'd blown it. Then I heard the Leafs were dealing with Quebec, I hoped Sakic was coming back, then crushed again.

Ok , you get it all wrong there . You say there the quebec nordiques was not good , ok, but after 1992-93 you keep saying quebec was going nowhere , in fact , they had the best rookie in the league aside bure , selanne or lindros , quebec had Sundin , i repeat Matt m***f**king Sundin , Owen Nolan , Valeri Kamensky , Adam Foote , Curtis Lesheshyn , Alexei Gusarov , Peter Fortsberg , Scott Young , they get chris Simon , Steve Duschene , and i forgot some , and they had Sakic but they where aiming for the cup before they were sold to colorado . They win the cup the very next years , i mean common man , saying Sakic was with a crap club in quebec is simply not true . They became the best and learn to win together before the team move to colorado

I've met Joe. He was busy. He was signing all of our stuff. He didn't have to, but he was.

My opinion- You need a Sakic Jersey. Information I found out recently. 1986 age 17 he was playing for Swift Current Broncos. Riding on a bus with his teammates the bus crashed due to bad weather, driver lost control. Four of his teammates were killed. He never talked about it to this day. That is fate I guess.. great person. Would love to met him, and sign my Sakic Jersey. ..

I didn't know who he was and I wanted to know what the documentary was about and you did a great job of explaining his career I don't even need to see the documentary now LOL kidding now I really want to see it

Thanks for the Sakic video, Shannon! Us Avs fans appreciate it.

Suuupppeeerrrr jooooeeee Sakic

Super Joe!!

Can we get Bobby Clarke, Bill Barber, and Peter Forsberg videos? Loving this series!

My mom once asked me and my brother which athlete influenced us the most and, without hesitation, we said Joe Sakic

100 points in year 18 of his career. Remarkable

I'm surprised the snowblower wasn't mentioned haha

Love Burnaby Joe

Burnaby Joe!

Can't win with Sakic can't win with Yzerman is Bullshit.

Where is +/-? Because only points in not enough..

It's not a THG video if you don't hear a word that you have never heard.

Awesome video for a GREAT player

you forgot about helping team canada in 02

Hockey Guy sounds a lot like John Garrett

I love Colorado Joe!!! Peter the great was better though.

Love that Joe Sakic, who doesn't?

Thanks for this tribute to an extraordinary hockey player. I remember one game in Quebec city with my dad, Nordiques agains Flyers. A bad year. Joe scrored 3 times with assists and it was a tie 6-6! After his thierd goal we thrown him Nordiques' cushions they gave us at the entrance, like hats (so I lost my souovenir...) :) I'm proud to have his shirt and he was chosen the player figure of the Nordiques Nation.

Sakic to Sundin, a common theme

Sakic (underrated) superstar. I always enjoyed watching him and Forsberg; loved the Aves/Det Rivalry in 90s'/00. (Patrick in Chicago)

He broke 3 fingers in a snow blower is what I have always believed caused his retirement.

one of my all time favorite players as Ive got a Nord and Avs jersey hanging in the basement..

Burnaby Joe helped us win the gold medal. Never liked when he scored on us.......but that wrist shot.....legend forever

Joe Sakic is class personified. He only got in one fight as a youngster and handing the cup to bourque was legendary. He's a great captain respected by everybody. He's a great playmaker. His wrist shot combined the accuracy of a snapshot with the power of a slapshot. Thank goodness New York never got their filthy paws on my captain!

Let's not forget his MVP at the 2002 Winter Olympics for Team Canada! 2 goals and 2 assists in the gold medal game vs the US!

Sakic>>>Yzerman

I got to see Joe Sakic with about the best seats I ever had, probably 5 rows up from the ice. It was like he was 2 steps faster than everyone else and the puck was glued to his stick. It was against the Devils in NJ, and I also watch the great Scott Stevens cough up the puck to Joe Sakic, who proceeded to blast the puck right by Marty Brodeur, who didn't even move. He was a great player.

You can always count on Joe , the one word that describes him best CHAMPION 🏒🏒🏒

‼️‼️okay i wanna make a expansion team on nhl 19 but can’t think of a name i was thinking a canadian city , someone help !!!!!‼️‼️‼️‼️

My favourite player growing up. Holds my favourite hockey stat if I'm not mistaken, most playoff overtime goals.

I was about 11 (the Cup is almost always the week of my birthday in fact,same with the NBA Finals of course) and I had only been into hockey for at the most a few years but I was well aware by this time how respected and revered Ray Bourque was and I probably saw on hockey cards how long his career had been and I knew he had not won and was one of those guys that would go down as he was so good but never won. But I remember watching that finals where the Avs won with him and cheering them on despite them not really being my favorite team, it was just so hard not to cheer for the Avs even though they had won without Ray not too long ago, which the first time they won was like the first year I watched the Cup finals. But I remember being so happy that they won for Ray and I remember watching him skate around with the cup and being so happy for him. That is one of my earliest and best memories I have when it comes to sports in general, not just hockey. That moment may just be one of the defining moments in my early years as a hockey fan as to why I care now and am here watching your videos on pretty much a daily basis. Even going back through old ones, as this is from September 2018 and its May 2019 and I have the Western Finals on in the background as I type this between the Sharks and Blues.

In Joe we trust

Do Sergei Fedorov.

great gob man , love it , Joe is my favorit player even i know he play center, i play rw but Joe is awesome player on Teemu Selane or Jaromir Jagr level , in two years Colorado will win Stanley Cup anyway ,

You found a good way around to finally make that Sakic video, since you've been doing players along the history series... Chapeau!

Glad the Sakic video happened. Didn't think it was gonna happen after last year's drama.

Pacioretty just signed an extension with Vegas!!! 4 year- 28m 7m a year!

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Have you ever thought about doing a list of the top 10 tough guys from each 31 teams?

Would love to see a Career of Joe Sakic as GM video, Also excited to hopefully be seeing the how good is it series and the more full team overviews as we get closer to the season :)

My favorite player of all time... until he drafted my new favorite player of all time.

Great Shannon, you did the video on a guy that deserved it. And you did it on your own terms. Congrats on 60k!

One of my few people i sub to. Best hockey channel on RU-vid. Thank you.

A video on the career of Ilya Bryzgalov would be fun 🤔