2016–17 Colorado Avalanche season

2016–17 Colorado Avalanche
Division	TBD Central
Conference	TBD Western
2016–17 record
Team information
General Manager	Joe Sakic
Coach	Jared Bednar
Captain	Gabriel Landeskog
Arena	Pepsi Center
Minor league affiliations	San Antonio Rampage (AHL) Colorado Eagles (ECHL)
Team leaders
<2015–16

The 2016–17 Colorado Avalanche season will be the 38th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, and 21st season since the franchise relocated from Quebec prior to the start of the 1995–96 NHL season.

Off-season

On August 11, 2016, Patrick Roy resigned from his head coach and vice president of hockey operations positions with the team. On August 25, the Avalanche hired Jared Bednar from the American Hockey League's Cleveland Monsters as Roy-s replacement. He had led the Monsters to winning the AHL championship in the previous season.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

Pre-Season Game Log: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 27	Colorado	–	Minnesota				––
2	September 28	Dallas	–	Colorado				––
3	September 30	Los Angeles	–	Colorado				––
4	October 4	Minnesota	–	Colorado				––
5	October 5	Colorado	–	Dallas				––
6	October 8	Colorado	–	Los Angeles				––

Regular season

Game Log
October: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 15 Dallas – Colorado –– 2 October 17 Colorado – Pittsburgh –– 3 October 18 Colorado – Washington –– 4 October 20 Colorado – Tampa Bay –– 5 October 22 Colorado – Florida –– 6 October 28 Winnipeg – Colorado –– 7 October 29 Colorado – Arizona ––
November: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 8 November 1 Nashville – Colorado –– 9 November 3 Colorado – Chicago –– 10 November 5 Minnesota – Colorado –– 11 November 6 Colorado – St. Louis –– 12 November 8 Arizona – Colorado –– 13 November 11 Winnipeg – Colorado –– 14 November 13 Boston – Colorado –– 15 November 15 Los Angeles – Colorado –– 16 November 17 Colorado – Dallas –– 17 November 19 Colorado – Minnesota –– 18 November 21 Colorado – Columbus –– 19 November 23 Edmonton – Colorado –– 20 November 26 Vancouver – Colorado –– 21 November 29 Nashville – Colorado ––
December: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 22 December 1 Columbus – Colorado –– 23 December 3 Dallas – Colorado –– 24 December 6 Colorado – Nashville –– 25 December 8 Colorado – Boston –– 26 December 10 Colorado – Montreal –– 27 December 11 Colorado – Toronto –– 28 December 14 Philadelphia – Colorado –– 29 December 16 Florida – Colorado –– 30 December 18 Colorado – Winnipeg –– 31 December 20 Colorado – Minnesota –– 32 December 22 Toronto – Colorado –– 33 December 23 Colorado – Chicago –– 34 December 27 Calgary – Colorado –– 35 December 29 Colorado – Dallas –– 36 December 31 NY Rangers – Colorado ––
January: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 2 Colorado – Vancouver –– 38 January 4 Colorado – Calgary –– 39 January 6 NY Islanders – Colorado –– 40 January 12 Anaheim – Colorado –– 41 January 14 Nashville – Colorado –– 42 January 17 Chicago – Colorado –– 43 January 19 Colorado – Anaheim –– 44 January 21 Colorado – San Jose –– 45 January 23 San Jose – Colorado –– 46 January 25 Vancouver – Colorado –– 47 January 31 Colorado – Anaheim ––
February: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 48 February 1 Colorado – Los Angeles –– 49 February 4 Winnipeg – Colorado –– 50 February 7 Montreal – Colorado –– 51 February 9 Pittsburgh – Colorado –– 52 February 11 Colorado – NY Rangers –– 53 February 12 Colorado – NY Islanders –– 54 February 14 Colorado – New Jersey –– 55 February 16 Colorado – Buffalo –– 56 February 17 Colorado – Carolina –– 57 February 19 Tampa Bay – Colorado –– 58 February 21 Los Angeles – Colorado –– 59 February 23 Colorado – Nashville –– 60 February 25 Buffalo – Colorado –– 61 February 28 Colorado – Philadelphia ––
March: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 2 Colorado – Ottawa –– 63 March 4 Colorado – Winnipeg –– 64 March 5 St. Louis – Colorado –– 65 March 7 Carolina – Colorado –– 66 March 9 New Jersey – Colorado –– 67 March 11 Ottawa – Colorado –– 68 March 13 Colorado – Arizona –– 69 March 15 Detroit – Colorado –– 70 March 18 Colorado – Detroit –– 71 March 19 Colorado – Chicago –– 72 March 21 St. Louis – Colorado –– 73 March 23 Edmonton – Colorado –– 74 March 25 Colorado – Edmonton –– 75 March 27 Colorado – Calgary –– 76 March 29 Washington – Colorado –– 77 March 31 St. Louis – Colorado ––
April: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 78 April 2 Colorado – Minnesota –– 79 April 4 Chicago – Colorado –– 80 April 6 Minnesota – Colorado –– 81 April 8 Colorado – Dallas –– 82 April 9 Colorado – St. Louis ––
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Roster

Updated September 15, 2016.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
4	Canada !	Barrie, TysonTyson Barrie	2.0 !D	R	25	2009	Victoria, British Columbia
32	Canada !	Beauchemin, FrancoisFrancois Beauchemin	2.0 !D	L	36	2015	Sorel, Quebec
3	Canada !	Bigras, ChrisChris Bigras	2.0 !D	L	21	2013	Orillia, Ontario
8	Canada !	Colborne, JoeJoe Colborne	4.0 !C	L	26	2016	Calgary, Alberta
14	Canada !	Comeau, BlakeBlake Comeau	6.0 !LW	R	30	2015	Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan
9	Canada !	Duchene, MattMatt Duchene	4.0 !C	L	25	2009	Haliburton, Ontario
44	Canada !	Gelinas, EricEric Gelinas	2.0 !D	L	25	2016	Vanier, Ontario
25	Russia !	Grigorenko, MikhailMikhail Grigorenko	4.0 !C	L	22	2015	Khabarovsk, Russia
12	Canada !	Iginla, JaromeJarome Iginla (A)	7.0 !RW	R	39	2014	Edmonton, Alberta
6	United States !	Johnson, ErikErik Johnson	2.0 !D	R	28	2011	Bloomington, Minnesota
92	Sweden !	Landeskog, GabrielGabriel Landeskog (C)	6.0 !LW	L	23	2011	Stockholm, Sweden
29	Canada !	MacKinnon, NathanNathan MacKinnon	4.0 !C	R	21	2013	Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia
27	Norway !	Martinsen, AndreasAndreas Martinsen	6.0 !LW	L	26	2015	Bærum, Norway
55	Canada !	McLeod, CodyCody McLeod (A)	6.0 !LW	L	32	2007	Binscarth, Manitoba
7	Canada !	Mitchell, JohnJohn Mitchell	4.0 !C	L	31	2012	Oakville, Ontario
31	Canada !	Pickard, CalvinCalvin Pickard	1.0 !G	L	24	2010	Winnipeg, Manitoba
96	Finland !	Rantanen, MikkoMikko Rantanen	7.0 !RW	L	19	2015	Nousiainen, Finland
34	Sweden !	Soderberg, CarlCarl Soderberg	4.0 !C	L	30	2015	Malmö, Sweden
51	Russia !	Tyutin, FedorFedor Tyutin	2.0 !D	L	33	2016	Izhevsk, Soviet Union
1	Russia !	Varlamov, SemyonSemyon Varlamov	1.0 !G	L	28	2011	Kuybyshev, Soviet Union
28	Canada !	Wiercioch, PatrickPatrick Wiercioch	2.0 !D	L	26	2016	Burnaby, British Columbia
16	Russia !	Zadorov, NikitaNikita Zadorov	2.0 !D	L	21	2015	Moscow, Russia

Transactions

The Colorado Avalanche were involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 NHL season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 25, 2016 (2016-06-25)	To New York Rangers Nick Holden	To Colorado Avalanche 4th-round pick in 2017

Free agents acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Patrick Wiercioch	Ottawa Senators	1 year, $800,000
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Joe Colborne	Calgary Flames	2 years, $5 million
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Fedor Tyutin	Columbus Blue Jackets	1 year, $2 million
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Turner Elson	Stockton Heat	1 year, $575,000
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Jim O'Brien	Albany Devils	1 year, $600,000
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Reid Petryk	San Antonio Rampage	1 year
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Mike Sislo	New Jersey Devils	1 year, $600,000
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Jeremy Smith	Providence Bruins	1 year
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Ryan Stanton	Hershey Bears	1 year, $600,000
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Trent Vogelhuber	Lake Erie Monsters	2 years, $1.225 million
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Joe Whitney	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	1 year, $600,000
August 16, 2016 (2016-08-16)	Ben Smith	Toronto Maple Leafs	1 year, $675,000

Free agents lost

Date	Player	New team	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02)	Nate Guenin	Anaheim Ducks	1 year, $600,000
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Mikkel Boedker	San Jose Sharks	4 years, $16 million
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Borna Rendulic	Vancouver Canucks	1 year, $575,000
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Andrew Bodnarchuk	Dallas Stars	2 years, $1.45 million
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Shawn Matthias	Winnipeg Jets	2 years, $4.25 million
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	Zach Redmond	Montreal Canadiens	2 years, $1.225 million
July 2, 2016 (2016-07-02)	Andrew Agozzino	St. Louis Blues	1 year, $600,000
July 28, 2016 (2016-07-28)	Brandon Gormley	New Jersey Devils	1 year, $650,000

Claimed via waivers

Player

Former team

Date claimed off waivers

Ref

Lost via waivers

Player

New team

Date claimed off waivers

Ref

Lost via retirement

Date

Player

Ref

Player signings

Date	Player	Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)	Ref
June 24, 2016 (2016-06-24)	Andreas Martinsen	1 year, $640,000
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)	A. J. Greer	3 years, entry-level contract
July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05)	Calvin Pickard	2 years, $2 million
July 8, 2016 (2016-07-08)	Nathan MacKinnon	7 years, $44.1 million contract extension
July 20, 2016 (2016-07-20)	Mikhail Grigorenko	1 year, $1.3 million
July 31, 2016 (2016-07-31)	Tyson Barrie	4 years, $22 million

Draft picks

See also: List of Colorado Avalanche draft picks

Below are the Colorado Avalanche' selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, to be held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	10	Tyson Jost	C	Canada	Penticton Vees (BCHL)
2	40	Cameron Morrison	LW	Canada	Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
3	71	Josh Anderson	D	Canada	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
5	131	Adam Werner	G	Sweden	Farjestad BK (SHL)
6	161	Nathan Clurman	D	United States	Culver Eagles (US-IN HS)
7	191	Travis Barron	LW	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)

Draft notes

• The Colorado Avalanche’s second-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on June 27, 2015 that sent Buffalo's second-round pick in 2015 to San Jose in exchange for a second-round pick in 2015, Colorado's sixth-round pick in 2017 and this pick.

San Jose previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 1, 2014 that sent Brad Stuart to Colorado in exchange for a sixth-round pick in 2017 and this pick.

• The Colorado Avalanche's fourth-round pick went to the Toronto Maple Leafs as the result of a trade on February 21, 2016 that sent Shawn Matthias to Colorado in exchange for Colin Smith and this pick.

References