2003–04 Colorado Avalanche season

The 2003–04 Colorado Avalanche season was the Avalanche's ninth season. For the first time since moving to Colorado, the Avalanche did not win their division. They defeated the Dallas Stars in the Quarterfinal round, but lost in the Semifinal round to the San Jose Sharks.

2003–04 Colorado Avalanche
Division	2nd Northwest
Conference	4th Western
2003–04 record	40–22–13–7
Home record	19–14–6–2
Road record	21–8–7–5
Goals for	236
Goals against	198
Team information
General manager	Pierre Lacroix
Coach	Tony Granato
Captain	Joe Sakic
Alternate captains	Rob Blake Adam Foote Peter Forsberg
Arena	Pepsi Center
Average attendance	18,007
Minor league affiliate(s)	Hershey Bears
Team leaders
Goals	Milan Hejduk (35)
Assists	Joe Sakic (54) Alex Tanguay (54)
Points	Joe Sakic (87)
Penalty minutes	Peter Worrell (179)
Plus/minus	Alex Tanguay (+30)
Wins	David Aebischer (32)
Goals against average	David Aebischer (2.09)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Northwest Division^[1]

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS
1	3	Vancouver Canucks	82	43	24	10	5	235	194	101
2	4	Colorado Avalanche	82	40	22	13	7	235	198	100
3	6	Calgary Flames	82	42	30	7	3	200	176	94
4	9	Edmonton Oilers	82	36	29	12	5	221	208	89
5	10	Minnesota Wild	82	30	29	20	3	188	183	83

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference^[2]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	P- Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	48	21	11	2	255	189	109
2	Y- San Jose Sharks	PA	82	43	21	12	6	255	183	104
3	Y- Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	43	24	10	5	235	194	101
4	X- Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	40	22	13	7	236	198	100
5	X- Dallas Stars	PA	82	41	26	13	2	194	175	97
6	X- Calgary Flames	NW	82	42	30	7	3	200	176	94
7	X- St. Louis Blues	CE	82	39	30	11	2	191	198	91
8	X- Nashville Predators	CE	82	38	29	11	4	216	217	91
8.5
9	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	36	29	12	5	221	208	89
10	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	30	29	20	3	188	183	83
11	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	28	29	16	9	205	217	81
12	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PA	82	29	35	10	8	184	213	76
13	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	22	36	18	6	188	245	68
14	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	25	45	8	4	177	238	62
15	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	20	43	11	8	188	259	59

Divisions: CE – Central, PA – Pacific, NW – Northwest

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

Playoffs

See also: 2004 Stanley Cup playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

2003–04 regular season^[3]
October: 5–4–0–0 (home: 3–3–0–0; road: 2–1–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 W October 10, 2003 5–0 Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) 1–0–0–0 Recap 2 L October 12, 2003 1–2 St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 1–1–0–0 Recap 3 W October 16, 2003 5–2 @ Minnesota Wild (2003–04) 2–1–0–0 Recap 4 L October 18, 2003 3–6 @ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 2–2–0–0 Recap 5 L October 21, 2003 1–4 Boston Bruins (2003–04) 2–3–0–0 Recap 6 W October 23, 2003 6–1 Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 3–3–0–0 Recap 7 W October 25, 2003 5–3 @ Nashville Predators (2003–04) 4–3–0–0 Recap 8 L October 26, 2003 1–3 Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 4–4–0–0 Recap 9 W October 28, 2003 4–2 Calgary Flames (2003–04) 5–4–0–0 Recap
November: 9–3–2–1 (home: 4–2–2–0; road: 5–1–0–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 10 L November 1, 2003 3–4 @ New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 5–5–0–0 Recap 11 W November 2, 2003 3–2 OT @ New York Rangers (2003–04) 6–5–0–0 Recap 12 T November 4, 2003 4–4 OT Minnesota Wild (2003–04) 6–5–1–0 Recap 13 W November 6, 2003 2–1 Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 7–5–1–0 Recap 14 W November 9, 2003 4–3 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) 8–5–1–0 Recap 15 W November 11, 2003 4–3 @ San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 9–5–1–0 Recap 16 OTL November 13, 2003 2–3 OT @ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 9–5–1–1 Recap 17 W November 15, 2003 3–0 Dallas Stars (2003–04) 10–5–1–1 Recap 18 W November 18, 2003 2–1 OT Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04) 11–5–1–1 Recap 19 W November 20, 2003 4–3 New York Rangers (2003–04) 12–5–1–1 Recap 20 L November 22, 2003 0–2 Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 12–6–1–1 Recap 21 L November 24, 2003 2–3 Nashville Predators (2003–04) 12–7–1–1 Recap 22 W November 27, 2003 6–5 OT @ Calgary Flames (2003–04) 13–7–1–1 Recap 23 W November 28, 2003 4–1 @ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 14–7–1–1 Recap 24 T November 30, 2003 1–1 OT New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 14–7–2–1 Recap
December: 4–3–5–0 (home: 3–2–0–0; road: 1–1–5–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 25 T December 4, 2003 2–2 OT @ San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 14–7–3–1 Recap 26 W December 6, 2003 5–1 Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 15–7–3–1 Recap 27 W December 8, 2003 4–1 Washington Capitals (2003–04) 16–7–3–1 Recap 28 T December 11, 2003 1–1 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 16–7–4–1 Recap 29 T December 13, 2003 1–1 OT @ Calgary Flames (2003–04) 16–7–5–1 Recap 30 L December 17, 2003 2–3 Minnesota Wild (2003–04) 16–8–5–1 Recap 31 L December 19, 2003 0–1 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04) 16–9–5–1 Recap 32 T December 20, 2003 3–3 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 16–9–6–1 Recap 33 T December 26, 2003 3–3 OT @ St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 16–9–7–1 Recap 34 W December 27, 2003 3–2 OT Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 17–9–7–1 Recap 35 L December 29, 2003 2–3 Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 17–10–7–1 Recap 36 W December 31, 2003 2–1 @ Calgary Flames (2003–04) 18–10–7–1 Recap
January: 11–1–2–2 (home: 5–1–0–0; road: 6–0–2–2) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 37 W January 2, 2004 4–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 19–10–7–1 Recap 38 W January 4, 2004 3–1 Minnesota Wild (2003–04) 20–10–7–1 Recap 39 W January 6, 2004 6–0 Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 21–10–7–1 Recap 40 OTL January 8, 2004 3–4 OT @ Nashville Predators (2003–04) 21–10–7–2 Recap 41 W January 10, 2004 4–2 @ Dallas Stars (2003–04) 22–10–7–2 Recap 42 W January 11, 2004 5–4 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) 23–10–7–2 Recap 43 W January 13, 2004 3–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04) 24–10–7–2 Recap 44 W January 15, 2004 4–1 Dallas Stars (2003–04) 25–10–7–2 Recap 45 L January 17, 2004 1–2 San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 25–11–7–2 Recap 46 W January 19, 2004 5–4 OT @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 26–11–7–2 Recap 47 W January 21, 2004 6–5 @ Florida Panthers (2003–04) 27–11–7–2 Recap 48 T January 22, 2004 1–1 OT @ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 27–11–8–2 Recap 49 W January 24, 2004 5–3 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 28–11–8–2 Recap 50 W January 27, 2004 3–1 Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 29–11–8–2 Recap 51 T January 29, 2004 3–3 OT @ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 29–11–9–2 Recap 52 OTL January 30, 2004 3–4 OT @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04) 29–11–9–3 Recap
February: 4–4–2–2 (home: 1–3–2–1; road: 3–1–0–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 53 W February 3, 2004 3–1 Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 30–11–9–3 Recap 54 OTL February 5, 2004 2–3 OT Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 30–11–9–4 Recap 55 T February 10, 2004 1–1 OT New York Islanders (2003–04) 30–11–10–4 Recap 56 W February 12, 2004 4–0 @ St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 31–11–10–4 Recap 57 W February 14, 2004 5–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 32–11–10–4 Recap 58 L February 16, 2004 0–1 Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 32–12–10–4 Recap 59 L February 18, 2004 1–5 Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 32–13–10–4 Recap 60 L February 20, 2004 1–5 @ Dallas Stars (2003–04) 32–14–10–4 Recap 61 W February 22, 2004 3–1 @ Minnesota Wild (2003–04) 33–14–10–4 Recap 62 L February 24, 2004 0–2 Calgary Flames (2003–04) 33–15–10–4 Recap 63 T February 26, 2004 2–2 OT St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 33–15–11–4 Recap 64 OTL February 28, 2004 4–5 OT @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 33–15–11–5 Recap
March: 6–7–2–1 (home: 3–3–2–0; road: 3–4–0–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 65 L March 1, 2004 0–3 Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 33–16–11–5 Recap 66 T March 3, 2004 5–5 OT Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 33–16–12–5 Recap 67 W March 5, 2004 5–1 San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 34–16–12–5 Recap 68 L March 7, 2004 1–7 Calgary Flames (2003–04) 34–17–12–5 Recap 69 W March 8, 2004 9–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 35–17–12–5 Recap 70 W March 10, 2004 3–2 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 36–17–12–5 Recap 71 W March 12, 2004 3–2 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 37–17–12–5 Recap 72 W March 14, 2004 4–1 Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 38–17–12–5 Recap 73 L March 16, 2004 2–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 38–18–12–5 Recap 74 L March 18, 2004 0–2 @ Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 38–19–12–5 Recap 75 L March 20, 2004 2–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 38–20–12–5 Recap 76 T March 23, 2004 2–2 OT Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04) 38–20–13–5 Recap 77 L March 25, 2004 1–3 Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 38–21–13–5 Recap 78 L March 27, 2004 0–2 @ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 38–22–13–5 Recap 79 W March 29, 2004 2–1 Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 39–22–13–5 Recap 80 OTL March 31, 2004 4–5 OT @ Minnesota Wild (2003–04) 39–22–13–6 Recap
April: 1–0–0–1 (home: 0–0–0–1; road: 1–0–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 81 W April 2, 2004 4–2 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 40–22–13–6 Recap 82 OTL April 4, 2004 1–2 OT Nashville Predators (2003–04) 40–22–13–7 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)   Overtime loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2004 Stanley Cup playoffs^[3]
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (5) Dallas Stars – Avalanche win 4–1 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 7 Dallas 1–3 Colorado Aebischer 18,007 Avalanche lead 1–0 Recap 2 April 9 Dallas 2–5 Colorado Aebischer 18,007 Avalanche lead 2–0 Recap 3 April 12 Colorado 3–4 Dallas OT Aebischer 18,532 Avalanche lead 2–1 Recap 4 April 14 Colorado 3–2 Dallas 2OT Aebischer 18,532 Avalanche lead 3–1 Recap 5 April 17 Dallas 1–5 Colorado Aebischer 18,007 Avalanche win 4–1 Recap
Western Conference Semifinals vs. (2) San Jose Sharks – Sharks win 4–2 Game Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 22 Colorado 2–5 San Jose Aebischer 17,496 Sharks lead 1–0 Recap 2 April 24 Colorado 1–4 San Jose Aebischer 17,496 Sharks lead 2–0 Recap 3 April 26 San Jose 1–0 Colorado Aebischer 18,007 Sharks lead 3–0 Recap 4 April 28 San Jose 0–1 Colorado OT Aebischer 18,007 Sharks lead 3–1 Recap 5 May 1 Colorado 2–1 San Jose OT Aebischer 17,496 Sharks lead 3–2 Recap 6 May 4 San Jose 3–1 Colorado Aebischer 18,007 Sharks win 4–2 Recap
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.

			Regular season						Playoffs
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
19	Joe Sakic	C	81	33	54	87	11	42	11	7	5	12	0	8
18	Alex Tanguay	LW	69	25	54	79	30	42	8	2	2	4	1	2
23	Milan Hejduk	RW	82	35	40	75	19	20	11	5	2	7	6	0
21	Peter Forsberg	C	39	18	37	55	16	30	11	4	7	11	6	12
4	Rob Blake	D	74	13	33	46	6	61	9	0	5	5	0	6
22	Steve Konowalchuk†	LW	76	19	20	39	2	70	11	4	0	4	−4	12
9	Paul Kariya	LW	51	11	25	36	−5	22	1	0	1	1	−1	0
26	John-Michael Liles	D	79	10	24	34	7	28	11	0	1	1	1	4
8	Teemu Selanne	RW	78	16	16	32	2	32	10	0	3	3	−2	2
52	Adam Foote	D	73	8	22	30	13	87	11	0	4	4	−2	10
53	Derek Morris‡	D	69	6	22	28	4	47	—	—	—	—	—	—
41	Martin Skoula‡	D	58	2	14	16	2	30	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	Karlis Skrastins	D	82	5	8	13	18	26	11	0	2	2	−2	2
36	Steve Moore	C	57	5	7	12	−5	37	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Andrei Nikolishin	C	49	5	7	12	3	24	11	0	2	2	−3	4
13	Dan Hinote	RW	59	4	7	11	−6	57	11	1	0	1	2	0
38	Matthew Barnaby†	RW	13	4	5	9	3	37	11	0	2	2	−3	27
60	Travis Brigley	LW	36	3	4	7	0	10	—	—	—	—	—	—
20^[a]	Cody McCormick	C	44	2	3	5	−4	73	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	Peter Worrell	LW	49	3	1	4	2	179	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Brad Larsen‡	LW	26	2	2	4	2	11	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	Darby Hendrickson†	C	20	1	3	4	−8	6	6	1	0	1	−1	2
24	Chris Gratton†	C	13	2	1	3	1	18	11	0	0	0	−1	27
17	Jim Cummins	RW	55	1	2	3	−5	147	—	—	—	—	—	—
40	Marek Svatos	RW	4	2	0	2	1	0	11	1	5	6	3	2
5	Brett Clark	D	12	1	1	2	3	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
38	Charlie Stephens‡	C	6	0	2	2	−1	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
1	David Aebischer	G	62	0	1	1		4	11	0	0	0		2
44	Bates Battaglia‡	LW	4	0	1	1	−1	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
32	Riku Hahl	C	28	0	1	1	−7	12	7	1	0	1	0	2
34	Kurt Sauer†	D	14	0	1	1	−3	19	3	0	0	0	0	0
37	Dennis Bonvie†	RW	1	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
6	Bob Boughner†	D	11	0	0	0	−1	8	11	0	4	4	5	6
37	Jordan Krestanovich‡	LW	14	0	0	0	0	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
43	Mikhail Kuleshov	LW	3	0	0	0	−1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	Chris McAllister‡	D	34	0	0	0	−2	62	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Tommy Salo†	G	5	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	0		2
30	Philippe Sauve	G	17	0	0	0		2	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	Ossi Vaananen†	D	12	0	0	0	−4	2	11	0	1	1	3	18

Goaltending

		Regular season										Playoffs
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
1	David Aebischer	62	32	19	9	1703	129	2.09	.924	4	3703	11	6	5	295	23	2.08	.922	1	662
30	Philippe Sauve	17	7	7	3	479	50	3.04	.896	0	986	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
35	Tommy Salo†	5	1	3	1	136	12	2.37	.912	0	304	1	0	0	7	0	0.00	1.000	0	27

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	NHL All-Rookie Team	John-Michael Liles (Defense)	^[4]
	NHL First All-Star Team	Joe Sakic (Center)	^[4]
	NHL/Sheraton Road Performer Award	Joe Sakic	^[5]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Rob Blake^[b]	^[7]
		Joe Sakic
		Alex Tanguay
	NHL Offensive Player of the Week	Milan Hejduk (January 26)	^[8]
		Joe Sakic (March 15)	^[9]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Philippe Sauve	^[10]

Transactions

The Avalanche were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2003, the day after the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 7, 2004, the day of the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals.^[11]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 21, 2003	To San Jose Sharks Scott Parker	To Colorado Avalanche Colorado’s 5th-round pick in 2003	^[12]
June 21, 2003	To Chicago Blackhawks Future considerations^[c]	To Colorado Avalanche Andrei Nikolishin	^[13]
June 21, 2003	To Nashville Predators Rights to Sergei Soin	To Colorado Avalanche Rights to Tomas Slovak	^[14]
June 30, 2003	To Nashville Predators Future considerations^[d]	To Colorado Avalanche Karlis Skrastins	^[15]
July 3, 2003	To Buffalo Sabres Steven Reinprecht	To Colorado Avalanche Rights to Keith Ballard	^[16]
July 18, 2003	To Florida Panthers Eric Messier Vaclav Nedorost	To Colorado Avalanche Peter Worrell 2nd-round pick in 2004	^[17]
August 12, 2003	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Future considerations	To Colorado Avalanche Travis Brigley	^[18]
October 22, 2003	To Washington Capitals Bates Battaglia Rights to Jonas Johansson	To Colorado Avalanche Steve Konowalchuk 3rd-round pick in 2004	^[19]
January 23, 2004	To Ottawa Senators Charlie Stephens	To Colorado Avalanche Dennis Bonvie	^[20]
February 20, 2004	To Carolina Hurricanes Rights to Chris Bahen Washington’s 3rd-round pick in 2004	To Colorado Avalanche Bob Boughner	^[21]
February 21, 2004	To Anaheim Mighty Ducks Martin Skoula	To Colorado Avalanche Kurt Sauer 4th-round pick in 2005	^[22]
February 25, 2004	To Minnesota Wild 4th-round pick in 2005	To Colorado Avalanche Darby Hendrickson 8th-round pick in 2004	^[23]
March 8, 2004	To New York Rangers Chris McAllister Rights to David Liffiton Florida’s 2nd-round pick in 2004	To Colorado Avalanche Matthew Barnaby 3rd-round pick in 2004	^[24]
March 9, 2004	To Edmonton Oilers Rights to Tom Gilbert	To Colorado Avalanche Tommy Salo 6th-round pick in 2005	^[25]
March 9, 2004	To Phoenix Coyotes Derek Morris Rights to Keith Ballard	To Colorado Avalanche Chris Gratton Ossi Vaananen 2nd-round pick in 2005	^[26]
March 9, 2004	To Minnesota Wild Jordan Krestanovich	To Colorado Avalanche Chris Bala	^[27]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 3, 2003 (2003-07-03)	Paul Kariya	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	1-year	Free agency	^[28]
	Teemu Selanne	San Jose Sharks	1-year	Free agency	^[28]
September 26, 2003 (2003-09-26)	Jim Cummins	New York Islanders	1-year	Free agency	^[29]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via^[e]	Ref
July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01)	K. C. Timmons^[f]		Contract expiration (UFA)	^[30]
July 11, 2003 (2003-07-11)	Mike Keane	Vancouver Canucks^[g]	Buyout	^[33]
	Bryan Marchment	Toronto Maple Leafs	Free agency (III)	^[34]
July 14, 2003 (2003-07-14)	Greg de Vries	New York Rangers	Free agency (V)	^[35]
July 18, 2003 (2003-07-18)	Brent Thompson	Colorado Eagles (CHL)	Free agency (UFA)	^[36]
July 29, 2003 (2003-07-29)	Eric Bertrand	Krefeld Pinguine (DEL)	Free agency (VI)	^[37]
July 31, 2003 (2003-07-31)	Bryan Muir	Los Angeles Kings	Free agency (UFA)	^[38]
August 19, 2003 (2003-08-19)	Jeff Paul	Florida Panthers	Free agency (VI)	^[39]
	Jeff Shantz	SCL Tigers (NLA)	Free agency (UFA)	^[40]
August 26, 2003 (2003-08-26)	Steve Brule	Hershey Bears (AHL)	Free agency (VI)	^[41]
September 26, 2003 (2003-09-26)	Dale Clarke	Tappara (Liiga)	Free agency (VI)	^[42]
October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03)	Serge Aubin	Atlanta Thrashers	Waiver draft	^[43]
	Brian Willsie	Washington Capitals	Waiver draft	^[43]
February 25, 2004 (2004-02-25)	Brad Larsen	Atlanta Thrashers	Waivers	^[44]
June 3, 2004 (2004-06-03)	Tommy Salo	Modo Hockey (SHL)	Free agency	^[45]
June 4, 2004 (2004-06-04)	Andrei Nikolishin	HC CSKA Moscow (RSL)	Free agency	^[46]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 25, 2003 (2003-06-25)	Peter Forsberg	1-year	Re-signing	^[47]
June 26, 2003 (2003-06-26)	Serge Aubin	1-year	Re-signing	^[48]
	Derek Morris	1-year	Re-signing	^[48]
	Phil Sauve	2-year	Re-signing	^[48]
	D. J. Smith	1-year	Re-signing	^[48]
	Mikko Viitanen	3-year	Entry-level	^[48]
July 2, 2003 (2003-07-02)	Brian Willsie	1-year	Re-signing	^[49]
July 15, 2003 (2003-07-15)	Bates Battaglia	1-year	Re-signing	^[50]
	Karlis Skrastins	1-year	Re-signing	^[50]
	Tomas Slovak	multi-year	Entry-level	^[50]
July 21, 2003 (2003-07-21)	Peter Worrell	1-year	Re-signing	^[51]^[52]
August 8, 2003 (2003-08-08)	Brett Clark	1-year	Re-signing	^[53]
	Steve Moore	1-year	Re-signing	^[53]
September 6, 2003 (2003-09-06)	Alex Tanguay	1-year	Re-signing	^[54]
June 2, 2004 (2004-06-02)	Frantisek Skladany		Entry-level	^[55]
	Tyler Weiman		Entry-level	^[55]

Draft picks

Colorado's draft picks at the 2003 NHL Entry Draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.^[56]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
2	63	David Liffiton	Canada	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
4	131	David Svagrovsky	Czech Republic	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
5	146	Mark McCutcheon	United States	New England Junior Falcons (EJHL)
5	163	Brad Richardson	Canada	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
7	204	Linus Videll	Sweden	Sodertalje SK (Sweden)
7	225	Brett Hemingway	Canada	Coquitlam Express (BCHL)
8	257	Darryl Yacboski	Canada	Regina Pats (WHL)
9	288	David Jones	Canada	Coquitlam Express (BCHL)

See also

• 2003–04 NHL season

Notes

1. McCormick originally wore number 22 prior to Konowalchuk being acquired.
2. Blake was voted to the starting lineup.^[6]
3. 4th-round pick in 2004.^[11]
4. 3rd-round pick in 2004.^[11]
5. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[30]
6. Timmons was inactive during the 2003–04 season.^[31]
7. Keane signed with Vancouver on October 8.^[32]

References

• "Colorado Avalanche 2003–04 roster and statistics". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
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