2018–19 Colorado Avalanche season

The 2018–19 Colorado Avalanche season was the 24th operational season and 23rd playing season since the franchise relocated from Quebec prior to the start of the 1995–96 NHL season.^[2] As well as the franchise's 40th season in the National Hockey League and 47th season overall.

2018–19 Colorado Avalanche
Division	5th Central
Conference	8th Western
2018–19 record	38–30–14
Home record	21–14–6
Road record	17–16–8
Goals for	260
Goals against	246
Team information
General manager	Joe Sakic
Coach	Jared Bednar
Captain	Gabriel Landeskog
Alternate captains	Erik Johnson Nathan MacKinnon
Arena	Pepsi Center
Average attendance	17,132^[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Colorado Eagles (AHL) Utah Grizzlies (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Nathan MacKinnon (41)
Assists	Nathan MacKinnon (58)
Points	Nathan MacKinnon (99)
Penalty minutes	Ian Cole (115)
Plus/minus	Nathan MacKinnon (+20)
Wins	Semyon Varlamov (20)
Goals against average	Pavel Francouz (1.96)
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

On April 4, 2019, the Avalanche clinched a playoff spot after a 3–2 overtime win against the Winnipeg Jets.^[3] In the playoffs, the Avalanche defeated the Calgary Flames 4–1 in the first round to secure their first playoff series win since 2008.^[4] Their season, however, would come to an end after losing to the San Jose Sharks in seven games in the second round.

Standings

Central Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Nashville Predators	82	47	29	6	43	240	214	+26	100
2	x – Winnipeg Jets	82	47	30	5	45	272	244	+28	99
3	x – St. Louis Blues	82	45	28	9	42	247	223	+24	99
4	x – Dallas Stars	82	43	32	7	42	210	202	+8	93
5	x – Colorado Avalanche	82	38	30	14	36	260	246	+14	90
6	Chicago Blackhawks	82	36	34	12	33	270	292	−22	84
7	Minnesota Wild	82	37	36	9	36	211	237	−26	83

Source: National Hockey League ^[5]
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	x – Dallas Stars	82	43	32	7	42	210	202	+8	93
2	CE	x – Colorado Avalanche	82	38	30	14	36	260	246	+14	90
3	PA	Arizona Coyotes	82	39	35	8	35	213	223	−10	86
4	CE	Chicago Blackhawks	82	36	34	12	33	270	292	−22	84
5	CE	Minnesota Wild	82	37	36	9	36	211	237	−26	83
6	PA	Vancouver Canucks	82	35	36	11	29	225	254	−29	81
7	PA	Anaheim Ducks	82	35	37	10	32	199	251	−52	80
8	PA	Edmonton Oilers	82	35	38	9	32	232	274	−42	79
9	PA	Los Angeles Kings	82	31	42	9	28	202	263	−61	71

Source: National Hockey League^[6]
x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 13, 2018.^[7]

2018 preseason game log: 3–3–0 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 18	Vegas	5–1	Colorado		Varlamov	—	0–1–0	^[8]
2	September 22	Colorado	0–7	Minnesota		Grubauer	18,410	0–2–0	^[9]
3	September 24	Colorado	5–3	Vegas		Francouz	17,880	1–2–0	^[10]
4	September 26	Dallas	3–1	Colorado		Varlamov	—	1–3–0	^[11]
5	September 28	Minnesota	3–4	Colorado	OT	Grubauer	—	2–3–0	^[12]
6	September 30	Colorado	6–5	Dallas		Varlamov	12,211	3–3–0	^[13]

Regular season

The regular season schedule was released on June 21, 2018.^[14]

2018–19 game log
October: 7–3–2 (Home: 3–1–1 ; Road: 4–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 4 Minnesota 1–4 Colorado Varlamov 18,086 1–0–0 2 ^[15] 2 October 6 Philadelphia 2–5 Colorado Varlamov 16,768 2–0–0 4 ^[16] 3 October 9 Colorado 2–5 Columbus Grubauer 11,694 2–1–0 4 ^[17] 4 October 11 Colorado 6–1 Buffalo Varlamov 15,396 3–1–0 6 ^[18] 5 October 13 Calgary 3–2 Colorado OT Varlamov 17,334 3–1–1 7 ^[19] 6 October 16 Colorado 2–3 NY Rangers SO Varlamov 17,251 3–1–2 8 ^[20] 7 October 18 Colorado 5–3 New Jersey Grubauer 13,374 4–1–2 10 ^[21] 8 October 20 Colorado 3–1 Carolina Grubauer 11,753 5–1–2 12 ^[22] 9 October 22 Colorado 4–1 Philadelphia Varlamov 19,326 6–1–2 14 ^[23] 10 October 24 Tampa Bay 1–0 Colorado Varlamov 16,753 6–2–2 14 ^[24] 11 October 26 Ottawa 3–6 Colorado Grubauer 16,851 7–2–2 16 ^[25] 12 October 27 Colorado 2–3 Minnesota Varlamov 19,093 7–3–2 16 ^[26]
November: 8–3–3 (Home: 3–1–2 ; Road: 5–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1 Colorado 5–6 Calgary Varlamov 17,317 7–4–2 16 ^[27] 14 November 2 Colorado 6–7 Vancouver OT Grubauer 18,334 7–4–3 17 ^[28] 15 November 7 Nashville 4–1 Colorado Varlamov 16,923 7–5–3 17 ^[29] 16 November 9 Colorado 2–5 Winnipeg Varlamov 15,321 7–6–3 17 ^[30] 17 November 11 Colorado 4–1 Edmonton Varlamov 18,347 8–6–3 19 ^[31] 18 November 14 Boston 3–6 Colorado Varlamov 16,124 9–6–3 21 ^[32] 19 November 16 Washington 3–2 Colorado OT Grubauer 18,050 9–6–4 22 ^[33] 20 November 18 Colorado 4–3 Anaheim OT Grubauer 16,502 10–6–4 24 ^[34] 21 November 21 Colorado 7–3 Los Angeles Varlamov 17,840 11–6–4 26 ^[35] 22 November 23 Colorado 5–1 Arizona Grubauer 12,029 12–6–4 28 ^[36] 23 November 24 Dallas 2–3 Colorado Varlamov 18,010 13–6–4 30 ^[37] 24 November 27 Colorado 3–2 Nashville Varlamov 17,163 14–6–4 32 ^[38] 25 November 28 Pittsburgh 3–6 Colorado Grubauer 17,348 15–6–4 34 ^[39] 26 November 30 St. Louis 3–2 Colorado OT Varlamov 18,021 15–6–5 35 ^[40]
December: 4–7–3 (Home: 2–3–2 ; Road: 2–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 December 2 Colorado 2–0 Detroit Varlamov 18,248 16–6–5 37 ^[41] 28 December 4 Colorado 3–6 Pittsburgh Varlamov 18,415 16–7–5 37 ^[42] 29 December 6 Colorado 5–2 Florida Grubauer 10,077 17–7–5 39 ^[43] 30 December 8 Colorado 1–7 Tampa Bay Varlamov 19,092 17–8–5 39 ^[44] 31 December 11 Edmonton 6–4 Colorado Grubauer 15,809 17–9–5 39 ^[45] 32 December 14 Colorado 3–4 St. Louis OT Grubauer 16,366 17–9–6 40 ^[46] 33 December 15 Dallas 4–6 Colorado Varlamov 17,646 18–9–6 42 ^[47] 34 December 17 NY Islanders 4–1 Colorado Varlamov 15,066 18–10–6 42 ^[48] 35 December 19 Montreal 1–2 Colorado Grubauer 15,469 19–10–6 44 ^[49] 36 December 21 Chicago 2–1 Colorado Grubauer 17,850 19–11–6 44 ^[50] 37 December 22 Colorado 4–6 Arizona Francouz 13,896 19–12–6 44 ^[51] 38 December 27 Colorado 1–2 Vegas Grubauer 18,505 19–13–6 44 ^[52] 39 December 29 Chicago 3–2 Colorado OT Varlamov 18,028 19–13–7 45 ^[53] 40 December 31 Los Angeles 3–2 Colorado OT Varlamov 18,017 19–13–8 46 ^[54]
January: 3–7–0 (Home: 2–3–0 ; Road: 1–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 2 San Jose 5–4 Colorado Francouz 17,891 19–14–8 46 ^[55] 42 January 4 NY Rangers 1–6 Colorado Grubauer 17,287 20–14–8 48 ^[56] 43 January 8 Colorado 4–7 Winnipeg Grubauer 15,321 20–15–8 48 ^[57] 44 January 9 Colorado 3–5 Calgary Varlamov 18,220 20–16–8 48 ^[58] 45 January 12 Colorado 0–3 Montreal Varlamov 21,302 20–17–8 48 ^[59] 46 January 14 Colorado 6–3 Toronto Varlamov 19,248 21–17–8 50 ^[60] 47 January 16 Colorado 2–5 Ottawa Varlamov 14,468 21–18–8 50 ^[61] 48 January 19 Los Angeles 1–7 Colorado Varlamov 18,043 22–18–8 52 ^[62] 49 January 21 Nashville 4–1 Colorado Varlamov 18,018 22–19–8 52 ^[63] 50 January 23 Minnesota 5–2 Colorado Grubauer 17,310 22–20–8 52 ^[64]
February: 6–4–4 (Home: 3–4–1 ; Road: 3–0–3) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 2 Vancouver 5–1 Colorado Varlamov 18,027 22–21–8 52 ^[65] 52 February 5 Columbus 6–3 Colorado Grubauer 15,398 22–22–8 52 ^[66] 53 February 7 Colorado 3–4 Washington OT Varlamov 18,506 22–22–9 53 ^[67] 54 February 9 Colorado 3–4 NY Islanders OT Varlamov 14,216 22–22–10 54 ^[68] 55 February 10 Colorado 1–2 Boston OT Varlamov 17,565 22–22–11 55 ^[69] 56 February 12 Toronto 5–2 Colorado Varlamov 16,426 22–23–11 55 ^[70] 57 February 14 Colorado 4–1 Winnipeg Varlamov 15,321 23–23–11 57 ^[71] 58 February 16 St. Louis 3–0 Colorado Varlamov 18,076 23–24–11 57 ^[72] 59 February 18 Vegas 0–3 Colorado Varlamov 17,808 24–24–11 59 ^[73] 60 February 20 Winnipeg 1–7 Colorado Varlamov 15,021 25–24–11 61 ^[74] 61 February 22 Colorado 5–3 Chicago Varlamov 21,653 26–24–11 63 ^[75] 62 February 23 Colorado 5–0 Nashville Grubauer 17,760 27–24–11 65 ^[76] 63 February 25 Florida 4–3 Colorado OT Varlamov 14,338 27–24–12 66 ^[77] 64 February 27 Vancouver 2–3 Colorado SO Varlamov 14,867 28–24–12 68 ^[78]
March: 8–5–1 (Home: 6–2–0 ; Road: 2–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 1 Colorado 3–4 San Jose Varlamov 17,351 28–25–12 68 ^[79] 66 March 3 Colorado 1–2 Anaheim Grubauer 16,690 28–26–12 68 ^[80] 67 March 5 Detroit 3–4 Colorado OT Varlamov 18,011 29–26–12 70 ^[81] 68 March 7 Colorado 0–4 Dallas Varlamov 18,011 29–27–12 70 ^[82] 69 March 9 Buffalo 0–3 Colorado Grubauer 18,052 30–27–12 72 ^[83] 70 March 11 Carolina 3–0 Colorado Grubauer 16,711 30–28–12 72 ^[84] 71 March 15 Anaheim 5–3 Colorado Varlamov 18,025 30–29–12 72 ^[85] 72 March 17 New Jersey 0–3 Colorado Grubauer 18,037 31–29–12 74 ^[86] 73 March 19 Colorado 3–1 Minnesota Grubauer 18,785 32–29–12 76 ^[87] 74 March 21 Colorado 3–1 Dallas Grubauer 17,543 33–29–12 78 ^[88] 75 March 23 Chicago 2–4 Colorado Grubauer 17,099 34–29–12 80 ^[89] 76 March 24 Colorado 1–2 Chicago OT Grubauer 21,410 34–29–13 81 ^[90] 77 March 27 Vegas 3–4 Colorado Grubauer 16,799 35–29–13 83 ^[91] 78 March 29 Arizona 2–3 Colorado SO Grubauer 18,045 36–29–13 85 ^[92]
April: 2–1–1 (Home: 2–0–0 ; Road: 0–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 79 April 1 Colorado 2–3 St. Louis SO Grubauer 17,767 36–29–14 86 ^[93] 80 April 2 Edmonton 2–6 Colorado Varlamov 17,021 37–29–14 88 ^[94] 81 April 4 Winnipeg 2–3 Colorado OT Grubauer 18,003 38–29–14 90 ^[95] 82 April 6 Colorado 2–5 San Jose Varlamov 17,562 38–30–14 90 ^[96]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Avalanche faced the Calgary Flames in the first round of the playoffs,^[97] and defeated them in five games.^[98]

The Avalanche faced the San Jose Sharks in the second round of the playoffs,^[99] and were defeated in seven games.^[100]

2019 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference first round vs. (P1) Calgary Flames: Colorado won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 11 Colorado 0–4 Calgary Grubauer 19,289 0–1 ^[101] 2 April 13 Colorado 3–2 Calgary OT Grubauer 19,289 1–1 ^[102] 3 April 15 Calgary 2–6 Colorado Grubauer 18,098 2–1 ^[103] 4 April 17 Calgary 2–3 Colorado OT Grubauer 18,102 3–1 ^[104] 5 April 19 Colorado 5–1 Calgary Grubauer 19,289 4–1 ^[105]
Western Conference second round vs. (P2) San Jose Sharks: San Jose won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 26 Colorado 2–5 San Jose Grubauer 17,562 0–1 ^[106] 2 April 28 Colorado 4–3 San Jose Grubauer 17,562 1–1 ^[107] 3 April 30 San Jose 4–2 Colorado Grubauer 18,106 1–2 ^[108] 4 May 2 San Jose 0–3 Colorado Grubauer 18,110 2–2 ^[109] 5 May 4 Colorado 1–2 San Jose Grubauer 17,562 2–3 ^[110] 6 May 6 San Jose 3–4 Colorado OT Grubauer 18,098 3–3 ^[111] 7 May 8 Colorado 2–3 San Jose Grubauer 17,562 3–4 ^[112]
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Final stats^[113]

Skaters

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Nathan MacKinnon 82 41 58 99 +20 34 Mikko Rantanen 74 31 56 87 +13 54 Gabriel Landeskog 73 34 41 75 +17 51 Tyson Barrie 78 14 45 59 −3 36 Carl Soderberg 82 23 26 49 −5 26 Alexander Kerfoot 78 15 27 42 −9 38 J. T. Compher 66 16 16 32 −8 31 Colin Wilson 65 12 15 27 −6 8 Samuel Girard 82 4 23 27 +8 6 Matt Calvert 82 11 15 26 −10 58 Tyson Jost 70 11 15 26 −2 14 Erik Johnson 80 7 18 25 +8 38 Matt Nieto 64 4 19 23 +2 8 Sven Andrighetto 64 7 10 17 +10 14 Ian Cole 71 2 13 15 −1 115 Nikita Zadorov 70 7 7 14 +19 75 Patrik Nemeth 74 1 9 10 +5 53 Gabriel Bourque 55 2 6 8 +3 10 Sheldon Dries 40 3 3 6 −7 26 Ryan Graves 26 3 2 5 +4 2 Vladislav Kamenev 23 2 3 5 −2 10 Derick Brassard^† 20 4 0 4 −7 8 A.J. Greer 15 1 1 2 −2 14 Andrew Agozzino 11 1 1 2 +2 0 Mark Barberio 12 1 0 1 −6 4 Dominic Toninato 2 1 0 1 0 0 Marko Dano^‡ 8 0 0 0 −1 7 Logan O'Connor 5 0 0 0 −2 0 Mark Alt 2 0 0 0 0 0 Anton Lindholm 2 0 0 0 −1 0

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Mikko Rantanen 12 6 8 14 −1 4 Nathan MacKinnon 12 6 7 13 −4 2 Colin Wilson 12 4 4 8 0 2 Gabriel Landeskog 12 3 5 8 −2 10 Tyson Barrie 12 1 7 8 +1 4 Matt Nieto 12 4 3 7 +6 2 J. T. Compher 12 4 2 6 +1 0 Cale Makar 10 1 5 6 +3 0 Ian Cole 12 0 5 5 +6 16 Tyson Jost 12 3 1 4 +3 0 Matt Calvert 8 0 4 4 +3 18 Erik Johnson 12 2 1 3 −1 4 Alexander Kerfoot 12 0 3 3 −1 6 Carl Soderberg 12 0 2 2 +4 8 Samuel Girard 9 0 2 2 +3 0 Gabriel Bourque 12 1 0 1 0 2 Derick Brassard 9 0 1 1 −2 8 Nikita Zadorov 12 0 0 0 −5 24 Patrik Nemeth 7 0 0 0 +4 4 Sven Andrighetto 5 0 0 0 −2 2

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Pavel Francouz	2	0	61:11	0	2	0	2	1.96	35	.943	0	0	0	0
Philipp Grubauer	37	33	2020:44	18	9	5	89	2.64	1071	.917	3	0	0	0
Semyon Varlamov	49	49	2839:12	20	19	9	136	2.87	1496	.909	2	0	0	2

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Philipp Grubauer	12	12	731:47	7	5	28	2.30	373	.925	1	0	1	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Avalanche. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Transactions

The Avalanche have been involved in the following transactions during the 2018–19 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 22, 2018 (2018-06-22)	To Washington Capitals 2nd-round pick in 2018	To Colorado Avalanche Philipp Grubauer Brooks Orpik	^[114]
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)	To Pittsburgh Penguins NSH's 2nd-round pick in 2018	To Colorado Avalanche OTT's 3rd-round pick in 2018 5th-round pick in 2018	^[115]
February 6, 2019 (2019-02-06)	To Ottawa Senators J. C. Beaudin	To Colorado Avalanche Max McCormick	^[116]
February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)	To Florida Panthers 3rd-round pick in 2020	To Colorado Avalanche Derick Brassard Conditional 6th-round pick in 2020	^[117]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Jonathan Bernier	to Detroit Red Wings	3-year	^[118]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Matt Calvert	from Columbus Blue Jackets	3-year	^[119]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Ian Cole	from Columbus Blue Jackets	3-year	^[119]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Blake Comeau	to Dallas Stars	3-year	^[120]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Rocco Grimaldi	to Nashville Predators	1-year	^[121]
July 1, 2018 (2018-07-01)	Andrew Hammond	to Minnesota Wild	1-year	^[122]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	Sheldon Dries	from Texas Stars (AHL)	1-year	^[123]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	Scott Kosmachuk	from Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)	1-year	^[123]
July 3, 2018 (2018-07-03)	Nail Yakupov	to SKA Saint Petersburg (KHL)	1-year	^[124]
July 4, 2018 (2018-07-04)	Felix Girard	to Manitoba Moose (AHL)	1-year	^[125]
July 23, 2018 (2018-07-23)	Logan O'Connor	from Denver Pioneers (NCHC)	2-year	^[126]
July 24, 2018 (2018-07-24)	Brooks Orpik	to Washington Capitals	1-year	^[127]
August 30, 2018 (2018-08-30)	Jesse Graham	to Utica Comets (AHL)	1-year	^[128]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref
October 15, 2018 (2018-10-15)	Marko Dano	from Winnipeg Jets	^[129]
November 23, 2018 (2018-11-23)	Marko Dano	to Winnipeg Jets	^[130]

Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref June 24, 2018 (2018-06-24) Brooks Orpik Buyout ^[131]

Retirement Date Player Ref

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
June 23, 2018 (2018-06-23)	Philipp Grubauer	3-year	^[132]
July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)	Joe Cannata	1-year	^[123]
July 5, 2018 (2018-07-05)	Martin Kaut	3-year	^[133]
July 6, 2018 (2018-07-06)	Matt Nieto	2-year	^[134]
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16)	Mason Geertsen	1-year	^[135]
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16)	Ryan Graves	1-year	^[135]
July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16)	Spencer Martin	1-year	^[135]
August 2, 2018 (2018-08-02)	Patrik Nemeth	1-year	^[136]
March 1, 2019 (2019-03-01)	Nick Henry	3-year	^[137]
March 29, 2019 (2019-03-29)	Shane Bowers	3-year	^[138]
April 14, 2019 (2019-04-14)	Cale Makar	3-year	^[139]
May 13, 2019 (2019-05-13)	Adam Werner	2-year	^[140]
May 24, 2019 (2019-05-24)	Pavel Francouz	1-year	^[141]

Draft picks

See also: List of Colorado Avalanche draft picks

Below are the Colorado Avalanche's selections at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 22 and 23, 2018, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	16	Martin Kaut	RW	Czech Republic	Dynamo Pardubice (ELH)
3	64^1	Justus Annunen	G	Finland	Karpat U20 (Nuorten SM-liiga)
3	78	Sampo Ranta	LW	Finland	Sioux City Musketeers (USHL)
4	109	Tyler Weiss	LW	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
5	140	Brandon Saigeon	C	Canada	Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL)
5	146^2	Danila Zhuravlyov	D	Russia	Irbis Kazan (MHL)
6	171	Nikolai Kovalenko	RW	Russia	Loko Yaroslavl (MHL)
7	202	Shamil Shmakov	G	Russia	Sibirskie Snaypery (MHL)

Notes:

1. The Ottawa Senators' third-round pick went to the Colorado Avalanche as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent Nashville's second-round pick in 2018 (58th overall) to Pittsburgh in exchange for a fifth-round pick in 2018 (146th overall) and this pick.^[115]
2. The Pittsburgh Penguins' fifth-round pick went to the Colorado Avalanche as the result of a trade on June 23, 2018, that sent Nashville's second-round pick in 2018 (58th overall) to Pittsburgh in exchange for Ottawa's third-round pick in 2018 (64th overall) and this pick.^[115]

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