2019–20 Colorado Avalanche season

The 2019–20 Colorado Avalanche season was the 25th operational season and 24th 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 41st season in the National Hockey League and 48th season overall. The Avalanche will commemorate their 25th anniversary in the 2020-21 season.

2019–20 Colorado Avalanche
Division	2nd Central
Conference	2nd Western
2019–20 record	42–20–8
Home record	18–9–6
Road record	24–11–2
Goals for	237
Goals against	191
Team information
General manager	Joe Sakic
Coach	Jared Bednar
Captain	Gabriel Landeskog
Alternate captains	Erik Johnson Nathan MacKinnon
Arena	Pepsi Center
Average attendance	18,708^[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Colorado Eagles (AHL) Utah Grizzlies (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Nathan MacKinnon (35)
Assists	Nathan MacKinnon (58)
Points	Nathan MacKinnon (93)
Penalty minutes	Nazem Kadri (97)
Plus/minus	Ryan Graves (+40)
Wins	Pavel Francouz (21)
Goals against average	Michael Hutchinson (1.00)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.^[3] Two of the Avalanche's players tested positive for COVID-19.^[4] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled.^[5]

The Avalanche advanced to the playoffs for the third straight season, after last missing the playoffs in the 2016–17 season. In the Playoffs, the Avalanche defeated the Arizona Coyotes in five games in the first round,^[6] before losing to the Dallas Stars in seven games in the second round.^[7] The season marked a turning point in the Avalanche's history, as it started a period of extreme strength for the franchise.

Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	St. Louis Blues	71	42	19	10	33	225	193	+32	94
2	Colorado Avalanche	70	42	20	8	37	237	191	+46	92
3	Dallas Stars	69	37	24	8	26	180	177	+3	82
4	Winnipeg Jets	71	37	28	6	30	216	203	+13	80
5	Nashville Predators	69	35	26	8	28	215	217	−2	78
6	Minnesota Wild	69	35	27	7	30	220	220	0	77
7	Chicago Blackhawks	70	32	30	8	23	212	218	−6	72

Source: National Hockey League^[8]

Western Conference

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	PCT	Qualification
1	St. Louis Blues	71	42	19	10	33	225	193	+32	.662	Advance to Seeding round-robin tournament^[9]
2	Colorado Avalanche	70	42	20	8	37	237	191	+46	.657
3	Vegas Golden Knights	71	39	24	8	30	227	211	+16	.606
4	Dallas Stars	69	37	24	8	26	180	177	+3	.594
5	Edmonton Oilers	71	37	25	9	31	225	217	+8	.585	Advance to 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs qualifying round^[9]
6	Nashville Predators	69	35	26	8	28	215	217	−2	.565
7	Vancouver Canucks	69	36	27	6	27	228	217	+11	.565
8	Calgary Flames	70	36	27	7	25	210	215	−5	.564
9	Winnipeg Jets	71	37	28	6	30	216	203	+13	.563
10	Minnesota Wild	69	35	27	7	30	220	220	0	.558
11	Arizona Coyotes	70	33	29	8	26	195	187	+8	.529
12	Chicago Blackhawks	70	32	30	8	23	212	218	−6	.514
13	Anaheim Ducks	71	29	33	9	20	187	226	−39	.472
14	Los Angeles Kings	70	29	35	6	21	178	212	−34	.457
15	San Jose Sharks	70	29	36	5	22	182	226	−44	.450

Source: National Hockey League^[10]

Tiebreaking procedures

1. Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
2. Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
3. Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
4. Greater number of total wins (including shootouts).
5. Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded.
6. Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against).
7. Greater number of goals scored (denoted by GF).

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 13, 2019.^[11]

2019 preseason game log: 2–3–1 (Home: 1–2–0 ; Road: 1–1–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 17	Vegas	5–0	Colorado		Werner	—	0–1–0	^[12]
2	September 19	Dallas	2–1	Colorado		Grubauer	—	0–2–0	^[13]
3	September 21	Colorado	3–4	Minnesota		Francouz	16,833	0–3–0	^[14]
4	September 22	Minnesota	2–3	Colorado	SO	Grubauer	—	1–3–0	^[15]
5	September 25	Colorado	4–1	Vegas		Francouz	17,954	2–3–0	^[16]
6	September 28	Colorado	3–4	Dallas	SO	Grubauer	13,112	2–3–1	^[17]

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.^[18]

2019–20 game log
October: 8–2–2 (Home: 4–1–1 ; Road: 4–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 3 Calgary 3–5 Colorado Grubauer 18,016 1–0–0 2 ^[19] 2 October 5 Minnesota 2–4 Colorado Grubauer 17,090 2–0–0 4 ^[20] 3 October 10 Boston 2–4 Colorado Grubauer 18,045 3–0–0 6 ^[21] 4 October 12 Arizona 2–3 Colorado OT Francouz 18,053 4–0–0 8 ^[22] 5 October 14 Colorado 6–3 Washington Grubauer 18,573 5–0–0 10 ^[23] 6 October 16 Colorado 2–3 Pittsburgh OT Grubauer 18,458 5–0–1 11 ^[24] 7 October 18 Colorado 5–4 Florida OT Grubauer 13,382 6–0–1 13 ^[25] 8 October 19 Colorado 6–2 Tampa Bay Francouz 19,092 7–0–1 15 ^[26] 9 October 21 Colorado 1–3 St. Louis Grubauer 18,096 7–1–1 15 ^[27] 10 October 25 Colorado 6–1 Vegas Grubauer 18,420 8–1–1 17 ^[28] 11 October 26 Anaheim 5–2 Colorado Francouz 18,039 8–2–1 17 ^[29] 12 October 30 Florida 4–3 Colorado OT Grubauer 16,022 8–2–2 18 ^[30]
November: 8–6–0 (Home: 4–2–0 ; Road: 4–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1 Dallas 2–1 Colorado Grubauer 18,020 8–3–2 18 ^[31] 14 November 2 Colorado 0–3 Arizona Francouz 17,125 8–4–2 18 ^[32] 15 November 5 Colorado 1–4 Dallas Grubauer 18,108 8–5–2 18 ^[33] 16 November 7 Nashville 4–9 Colorado Francouz 17,492 9–5–2 20 ^[34] 17 November 9 Columbus 2–4 Colorado Francouz 18,070 10–5–2 22 ^[35] 18 November 12 Colorado 4–0 Winnipeg Werner 15,325 11–5–2 24 ^[36] 19 November 14 Colorado 2–6 Edmonton Werner 17,188 11–6–2 24 ^[37] 20 November 16 Colorado 5–4 Vancouver OT Bibeau 18,409 12–6–2 26 ^[38] 21 November 19 Colorado 3–2 Calgary Grubauer 18,698 13–6–2 28 ^[39] 22 November 21 Colorado 2–3 Minnesota Grubauer 17,574 13–7–2 28 ^[40] 23 November 23 Toronto 5–3 Colorado Grubauer 18,137 13–8–2 28 ^[41] 24 November 27 Edmonton 1–4 Colorado Grubauer 18,021 14–8–2 30 ^[42] 25 November 29 Colorado 5–2 Chicago Francouz 21,822 15–8–2 32 ^[43] 26 November 30 Chicago 3–7 Colorado Grubauer 18,015 16–8–2 34 ^[44]
December: 7–5–2 (Home: 2–4–1 ; Road: 5–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 27 December 4 Colorado 3–1 Toronto Grubauer 19,351 17–8–2 36 ^[45] 28 December 5 Colorado 3–2 Montreal Francouz 21,302 18–8–2 38 ^[46] 29 December 7 Colorado 4–1 Boston Francouz 17,850 19–8–2 40 ^[47] 30 December 9 Calgary 5–4 Colorado OT Francouz 17,588 19–8–3 41 ^[48] 31 December 11 Philadelphia 1–3 Colorado Francouz 17,905 20–8–3 43 ^[49] 32 December 13 New Jersey 1–3 Colorado Francouz 18,034 21–8–3 45 ^[50] 33 December 16 Colorado 2–5 St. Louis Grubauer 18,096 21–9–3 45 ^[51] 34 December 18 Colorado 4–1 Chicago Francouz 21,481 22–9–3 47 ^[52] 35 December 19 Carolina 3–1 Colorado Grubauer 18,015 22–10–3 47 ^[53] 36 December 21 Chicago 5–3 Colorado Grubauer 18,056 22–11–3 47 ^[54] 37 December 23 Colorado 7–3 Vegas Francouz 18,425 23–11–3 49 ^[55] 38 December 27 Minnesota 6–4 Colorado Francouz 18,146 23–12–3 49 ^[56] 39 December 28 Colorado 2–3 Dallas SO Grubauer 18,532 23–12–4 50 ^[57] 40 December 31 Winnipeg 7–4 Colorado Grubauer 18,147 23–13–4 50 ^[58]
January: 5–2–2 (Home: 4–0–2 ; Road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 2 St. Louis 3–7 Colorado Grubauer 18,135 24–13–4 52 ^[59] 42 January 4 Colorado 5–2 New Jersey Grubauer 16,514 25–13–4 54 ^[60] 43 January 6 Colorado 0–1 NY Islanders Francouz 13,241 25–14–4 54 ^[61] 44 January 7 Colorado 3–5 NY Rangers Grubauer 17,082 25–15–4 54 ^[62] 45 January 10 Pittsburgh 4–3 Colorado OT Francouz 18,132 25–15–5 55 ^[63] 46 January 14 Dallas 3–2 Colorado OT Grubauer 18,015 25–15–6 56 ^[64] 47 January 16 San Jose 0–4 Colorado Grubauer 18,014 26–15–6 58 ^[65] 48 January 18 St. Louis 3–5 Colorado Grubauer 18,132 27–15–6 60 ^[66] 49 January 20 Detroit 3–6 Colorado Francouz 18,110 28–15–6 62 ^[67]
February: 11–3–1 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 8–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 1 Colorado 3–6 Philadelphia Grubauer 19,745 28–16–6 62 ^[68] 51 February 4 Colorado 6–1 Buffalo Grubauer 16,859 29–16–6 64 ^[69] 52 February 6 Colorado 4–1 Ottawa Grubauer 11,465 30–16–6 66 ^[70] 53 February 8 Colorado 2–1 Columbus Grubauer 19,022 31–16–6 68 ^[71] 54 February 9 Colorado 3–2 Minnesota Francouz 17,444 32–16–6 70 ^[72] 55 February 11 Ottawa 0–3 Colorado Grubauer 18,015 33–16–6 72 ^[73] 56 February 13 Washington 3–2 Colorado Grubauer 18,146 33–17–6 72 ^[74] 57 February 15 Los Angeles 3–1 Colorado Francouz 43,574 (outdoors) 33–18–6 72 ^[75] 58 February 17 Tampa Bay 4–3 Colorado OT Francouz 18,107 33–18–7 73 ^[76] 59 February 19 NY Islanders 1–3 Colorado Francouz 18,011 34–18–7 75 ^[77] 60 February 21 Colorado 1–0 Anaheim Francouz 16,742 35–18–7 77 ^[78] 61 February 22 Colorado 2–1 Los Angeles SO Francouz 18,230 36–18–7 79 ^[79] 62 February 26 Buffalo 2–3 Colorado Francouz 18,020 37–18–7 81 ^[80] 63 February 28 Colorado 3–2 Carolina Francouz 18,680 38–18–7 83 ^[81] 64 February 29 Colorado 3–2 Nashville Francouz 17,619 39–18–7 85 ^[82]
March: 3–2–1 (Home: 1–0–1 ; Road: 2–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 65 March 2 Colorado 2–1 Detroit Hutchinson 17,708 40–18–7 87 ^[83] 66 March 4 Anaheim 4–3 Colorado OT Francouz 18,033 40–18–8 88 ^[84] 67 March 6 Colorado 3–6 Vancouver Francouz 18,871 40–19–8 88 ^[85] 68 March 8 Colorado 4–3 San Jose Francouz 14,694 41–19–8 90 ^[86] 69 March 9 Colorado 1–3 Los Angeles Francouz 15,011 41–20–8 90 ^[87] 70 March 11 NY Rangers 2–3 Colorado OT Francouz 18,025 42–20–8 92 ^[88]
Cancelled games # Date Visitor Home 71 March 13 Vancouver Colorado 72 March 15 Vegas Colorado 73 March 17 San Jose Colorado 74 March 19 Colorado Nashville 75 March 21 Montreal Colorado 76 March 23 Colorado Minnesota 77 March 25 Colorado Edmonton 78 March 27 Colorado Winnipeg 79 March 29 Nashville Colorado 80 March 31 Arizona Colorado 81 April 2 Winnipeg Colorado 82 April 4 St. Louis Colorado
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Avalanche played in a round-robin tournament to determine their seed for the playoffs. Colorado finished with a 2–0–1 record to clinch the second seed for the playoffs.^[89][90]

The Avalanche faced the Arizona Coyotes in the first round^[91] and defeated them in five games.^[92]

The Avalanche faced the Dallas Stars in the second round, but lost in seven games.^[93]

2020 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference Seeding Round-robin # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Record Points Recap 1 August 2 St. Louis 1–2 Colorado Grubauer 1–0–0 2 ^[94] 2 August 5 Colorado 4–0 Dallas Francouz 2–0–0 4 ^[95] 3 August 8 Vegas 4–3 Colorado OT Grubauer 2–0–1 5 ^[96]
Western Conference First Round vs. (7) Arizona Coyotes: Colorado won 4–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 12 Arizona 0–3 Colorado Grubauer 1–0 ^[97] 2 August 14 Arizona 2–3 Colorado Grubauer 2–0 ^[98] 3 August 15 Colorado 2–4 Arizona Francouz 2–1 ^[99] 4 August 17 Colorado 7–1 Arizona Grubauer 3–1 ^[100] 5 August 19 Arizona 1–7 Colorado Grubauer 4–1 ^[101] Western Conference Second Round vs. (3) Dallas Stars: Dallas won 4–3 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 22 Dallas 5–3 Colorado Francouz 0–1 ^[102] 2 August 24 Dallas 5–2 Colorado Francouz 0–2 ^[103] 3 August 26 Colorado 6–4 Dallas Francouz 1–2 ^[104] 4 August 30 Colorado 4–5 Dallas Francouz 1–3 ^[105] 5 August 31 Dallas 3–6 Colorado Hutchinson 2–3 ^[106] 6 September 2 Colorado 4–1 Dallas Hutchinson 3–3 ^[107] 7 September 4 Dallas 5–4 Colorado OT Hutchinson 3–4 ^[108]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Final stats^[109]

Skaters

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Nathan MacKinnon 69 35 58 93 +13 12 Cale Makar 57 12 38 50 +12 12 Andre Burakovsky 58 20 25 45 +11 22 Gabriel Landeskog 54 21 23 44 −2 47 Mikko Rantanen 42 19 22 41 −2 14 Nazem Kadri 51 19 17 36 +7 97 Samuel Girard 70 4 30 34 +1 17 Joonas Donskoi 65 16 17 33 +2 26 J. T. Compher 67 11 20 31 +9 18 Valeri Nichushkin 65 13 14 27 +26 14 Ryan Graves 69 9 17 26 +40 45 Ian Cole 65 4 22 26 +21 36 Matt Calvert 50 12 13 25 +13 39 Tyson Jost 67 8 15 23 +11 22 Pierre-Édouard Bellemare 69 9 13 22 +2 17 Matt Nieto 70 8 13 21 +7 6 Erik Johnson 59 3 13 16 +9 20 Nikita Zadorov 64 4 9 13 +6 65 Vladislav Kamenev 38 1 7 8 −2 8 Vladislav Namestnikov^† 9 4 2 6 +2 8 Colin Wilson 9 0 4 4 +6 0 Martin Kaut 8 2 1 3 −1 0 Logan O'Connor 16 2 0 2 0 2 Mark Barberio 21 0 2 2 +3 16 Calle Rosen^‡ 8 0 2 2 +2 4 T. J. Tynan 16 0 1 1 −1 2 Anton Lindholm 4 0 1 1 +1 0 Jayson Megna 8 0 0 0 −1 2 Sheldon Dries 5 0 0 0 −2 0 Kevin Connauton 4 0 0 0 –2 0 Conor Timmins 2 0 0 0 +2 0

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Nathan MacKinnon 15 9 16 25 +13 12 Mikko Rantanen 15 7 14 21 +11 6 Nazem Kadri 15 9 9 18 +3 10 Andre Burakovsky 15 7 10 17 +7 4 Cale Makar 15 4 11 15 +12 0 Gabriel Landeskog 14 2 11 13 +7 12 Samuel Girard 15 1 9 10 +4 6 J. T. Compher 15 3 5 8 +7 4 Joonas Donskoi 9 3 3 6 +1 2 Vladislav Namestnikov 12 4 1 5 +1 4 Nikita Zadorov 15 3 2 5 +5 18 Valeri Nichushkin 15 2 1 3 0 2 Pierre-Édouard Bellemare 15 2 1 3 0 6 Ryan Graves 15 1 2 3 +9 6 Matt Nieto 14 1 2 3 +1 4 Matt Calvert 8 1 2 3 +1 4 Ian Cole 15 0 2 2 +2 10 Erik Johnson 9 0 2 2 +3 0 Tyson Jost 12 1 0 1 −1 8 Logan O'Connor 5 0 1 1 0 0 Kevin Connauton 4 0 1 1 −2 6 Conor Timmins 2 0 0 0 +1 4 Sheldon Dries 1 0 0 0 0 0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Michael Hutchinson^†	1	1	60:00	1	0	0	1	1.00	18	.944	0	0	0	0
Pavel Francouz	34	31	1,914:26	21	7	4	77	2.41	996	.923	1	0	0	2
Philipp Grubauer	36	36	2,057:06	18	12	4	90	2.63	1067	.916	2	0	0	0
Antoine Bibeau	2	1	91:45	1	0	0	5	3.27	42	.881	0	0	0	0
Adam Werner	2	1	87:50	1	1	0	5	3.42	58	.914	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Philipp Grubauer	7	7	385:20	5	0	1	12	1.87	153	.922	1	0	0	0
Michael Hutchinson	4	3	196:11	2	1	0	9	2.75	100	.910	0	0	0	0
Pavel Francouz	6	5	315:45	2	4	0	17	3.23	157	.892	1	0	0	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 2019–20 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 25, 2019 (2019-06-25)	To Arizona Coyotes Carl Soderberg	To Colorado Avalanche Kevin Connauton ARI's 3rd-round pick in 2020	^[110]
June 28, 2019 (2019-06-28)	To Washington Capitals Scott Kosmachuk 2nd-round pick in 2020 3rd-round pick in 2020	To Colorado Avalanche Andre Burakovsky	^[110]
June 29, 2019 (2019-06-29)	To Florida Panthers Dominic Toninato	To Colorado Avalanche Jacob MacDonald	^[110]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Tyson Barrie Alexander Kerfoot 6th-round pick in 2020	To Colorado Avalanche Nazem Kadri Calle Rosen TOR's 3rd-round pick in 2020	^[110]
September 27, 2019 (2019-09-27)	To San Jose Sharks Nicolas Meloche	To Colorado Avalanche Antoine Bibeau	^[111]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To Ottawa Senators 4th-round pick in 2021	To Colorado Avalanche Vladislav Namestnikov	^[112]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Calle Rosen	To Colorado Avalanche Michael Hutchinson	^[112]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Andrew Agozzino	to Pittsburgh Penguins	2-year	^[113]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	from Vegas Golden Knights	2-year	^[114]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Joonas Donskoi	from San Jose Sharks	4-year	^[115]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Spencer Martin	to Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year	^[116]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Patrik Nemeth	to Detroit Red Wings	2-year	^[117]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Semyon Varlamov	to New York Islanders	4-year	^[118]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	David Warsofsky	to Pittsburgh Penguins	2-year	^[113]
July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02)	Jayson Megna	from Washington Capitals	1-year	^[119]
July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02)	Dan Renouf	from Carolina Hurricanes	2-year	^[119]
July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02)	T. J. Tynan	from Vegas Golden Knights	1-year	^[119]
July 9, 2019 (2019-07-09)	Sven Andrighetto	to Avangard Omsk (KHL)	1-year	^[120]
July 15, 2019 (2019-07-15)	Sergei Boikov	to Dynamo Moscow (KHL)	2-year	^[121]
July 23, 2019 (2019-07-23)	Julien Nantel	to Colorado Eagles (AHL)	1-year	^[122]
July 25, 2019 (2019-07-25)	Max McCormick	to Carolina Hurricanes	1-year	^[123]
August 19, 2019 (2019-08-19)	Valeri Nichushkin	from Dallas Stars	1-year	^[124]
August 21, 2019 (2019-08-21)	Derick Brassard	to New York Islanders	1-year	^[125]
August 26, 2019 (2019-08-26)	Gabriel Bourque	to Winnipeg Jets	1-year	^[126]
September 29, 2019 (2019-09-29)	Mason Geertsen	to Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)	1-year	^[127]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)		from/to

Contract terminations Date Player Via Ref July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)

Retirement Date Player Ref July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Colin Wilson	1-year	^[128]
July 5, 2019 (2019-07-05)	Nikita Zadorov	1-year	^[129]
July 8, 2019 (2019-07-08)	Ryan Graves	1-year	^[130]
July 15, 2019 (2019-07-15)	Andre Burakovsky	1-year	^[131]
July 17, 2019 (2019-07-17)	J. T. Compher	4-year	^[132]
July 19, 2019 (2019-07-19)	Bowen Byram	3-year	^[133]
July 23, 2019 (2019-07-23)	Anton Lindholm	2-year	^[134]
July 25, 2019 (2019-07-25)	Sheldon Dries	1-year	^[135]
July 30, 2019 (2019-07-30)	Vladislav Kamenev	1-year	^[136]
July 31, 2019 (2019-07-31)	Samuel Girard	7-year	^[137]
August 1, 2019 (2019-08-01)	A. J. Greer	1-year	^[138]
September 28, 2019 (2019-09-28)	Mikko Rantanen	6-year	^[139]
February 21, 2020 (2020-02-21)	Pavel Francouz	2-year	^[140]
March 26, 2020 (2020-03-26)	T. J. Tynan	1-year	^[141]

Draft picks

See also: List of Colorado Avalanche draft picks

Below are the Colorado Avalanches' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	4	Bowen Byram	D	Canada	Vancouver Giants (WHL)
1	16	Alex Newhook	C	Canada	Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL)
2	47	Drew Helleson	D	United States	U.S. National Team Development Program
3	63	Matthew Stienburg	C	Canada	St. Andrew's College
3	78	Alex Beaucage	RW	Canada	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL)
5	140	Sasha Mutala	RW	Canada	Tri-City Americans (WHL)
6	171	Luka Burzan	RW	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
7	202	Trent Miner	G	Canada	Vancouver Giants (WHL)

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