2019–20 Colorado Avalanche season

The 2019–20 Colorado Avalanche season is the 41st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 22, 1979, and 23rd season since the franchise relocated from Quebec prior to the start of the 1995–96 NHL season.[1] The Avalanche advanced to the playoffs for the third straight season, after last missing the playoffs in the 2016–17 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
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)

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.[2] Two of the Avalanche's players tested positive for COVID-19.[3] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled.[4]

Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division

Pos	Team	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[5]

Western Conference

Pos	Team	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[6]
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[6]
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: NHL Western Conference Points percentage

Tiebreaking procedures

1. Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
2. Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
3. Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
4. Greater amount 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 amount of goals scored (denoted by GF).

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 13, 2019.[7]

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	Recap
2	September 19	Dallas	2–1	Colorado		Grubauer	—	0–2–0	Recap
3	September 21	Colorado	3–4	Minnesota		Francouz	16,833	0–3–0	Recap
4	September 22	Minnesota	2–3	Colorado	SO	Grubauer	—	1–3–0	Recap
5	September 25	Colorado	4–1	Vegas		Francouz	17,954	2–3–0	Recap
6	September 28	Colorado	3–4	Dallas	SO	Grubauer	13,112	2–3–1	Recap

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.[8]

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

The Avalanche will face the Arizona Coyotes in the first round.[11]

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 Recap 2 August 5 Colorado 4–0 Dallas Francouz 2–0–0 4 Recap 3 August 8 Vegas 4–3 Colorado OT Grubauer 2–0–1 5 Recap
Western Conference First Round vs. (7) Arizona Coyotes: Colorado leads 2–1 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Series Recap 1 August 12 Arizona 0–3 Colorado Grubauer 1–0 Recap 2 August 14 Arizona 2–3 Colorado Grubauer 2–0 Recap 3 August 15 Colorado 2–4 Arizona Francouz 2–1 Recap 4 August 17 Colorado – Arizona 5 August 19 Arizona – Colorado 6 August 21 Colorado – Arizona (if necessary) 7 August 23 Arizona – Colorado (if necessary)
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

As of August 14, 2020[12]

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 Nazem Kadri 5 2 4 6 0 0 Nathan MacKinnon 5 2 4 6 +4 4 Mikko Rantanen 5 1 4 5 +5 2 Andre Burakovsky 5 2 2 4 +4 2 J. T. Compher 5 2 2 4 +5 2 Joonas Donskoi 4 2 2 4 +3 2 Gabriel Landeskog 5 0 4 4 +3 6 Cale Makar 5 1 2 3 +5 0 Samuel Girard 5 0 2 2 +1 2 Vladislav Namestnikov 5 1 0 1 –1 0 Ryan Graves 5 1 0 1 +4 0 Tyson Jost 2 1 0 1 +1 0 Erik Johnson 5 0 1 1 +4 0 Matt Calvert 5 0 1 1 0 4 Ian Cole 5 0 0 0 –1 2 Valeri Nichushkin 5 0 0 0 –1 0 Nikita Zadorov 5 0 0 0 –1 6 Pierre-Édouard Bellemare 5 0 0 0 –1 2 Matt Nieto 4 0 0 0 –1 2

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
Pavel Francouz	1	1	59:41	1	0	0	0	0.00	27	1.000	1	0	0	0
Philipp Grubauer	4	4	242:14	3	0	1	7	1.73	104	.933	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.

Roster

Updated August 11, 2020[13][14]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
44		Mark Barberio	D	L	30	2017	Montreal, Quebec
41		Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	C	L	35	2019	Le Blanc-Mesnil, France
14		Shane Bowers	C	L	21	2017	Halifax, Nova Scotia
95		Andre Burakovsky	LW	L	25	2019	Klagenfurt, Austria
45		Bowen Byram	D	L	19	2019	Cranbrook, British Columbia
11		Matt Calvert	LW	L	30	2018	Brandon, Manitoba
28		Ian Cole	D	L	31	2018	Ann Arbor, Michigan
37		J. T. Compher	C	R	25	2015	Northbrook, Illinois
7		Kevin Connauton	D	L	30	2019	Edmonton, Alberta
72		Joonas Donskoi	RW	R	28	2019	Raahe, Finland
15		Sheldon Dries	C	L	26	2018	Macomb Township, Michigan
39		Pavel Francouz	G	R	30	2018	Plzeň, Czechoslovakia
49		Sam Girard	D	L	22	2017	Roberval, Quebec
27		Ryan Graves	D	L	25	2018	Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
31		Philipp Grubauer	G	L	28	2018	Rosenheim, Germany
35		Michael Hutchinson	G	R	30	2020	Barrie, Ontario
6		Erik Johnson (A)	D	R	32	2011	Bloomington, Minnesota
17		Tyson Jost	C	L	22	2016	St. Albert, Alberta
91		Nazem Kadri	C	L	29	2019	London, Ontario
92		Gabriel Landeskog (C)	LW	L	27	2011	Stockholm, Sweden
54		Anton Lindholm	D	L	25	2014	Skellefteå, Sweden
29		Nathan MacKinnon (A)	C	R	24	2013	Springhill, Nova Scotia
8		Cale Makar	D	R	21	2017	Calgary, Alberta
90		Vladislav Namestnikov	C	L	27	2020	Voskresensk, Russia
13		Valeri Nichushkin	RW	L	25	2019	Chelyabinsk, Russia
83		Matt Nieto	LW	L	27	2017	Long Beach, California
25		Logan O'Connor	RW	R	24	2018	Missouri City, Texas
96		Mikko Rantanen	RW	L	23	2015	Nousiainen, Finland
20		Conor Timmins	D	R	21	2017	St. Catharines, Ontario
36		T. J. Tynan	C	R	28	2019	Orland Park, Illinois
22		Colin Wilson	LW	L	30	2017	Greenwich, Connecticut
16		Nikita Zadorov	D	L	25	2015	Moscow, Russia

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	[15]
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	[16]
June 29, 2019 (2019-06-29)	To Florida Panthers Dominic Toninato	To Colorado Avalanche Jacob MacDonald	[17]
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	[18]
September 27, 2019 (2019-09-27)	To San Jose Sharks Nicolas Meloche	To Colorado Avalanche Antoine Bibeau	[19]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To Ottawa Senators 4th-round pick in 2021	To Colorado Avalanche Vladislav Namestnikov	[20]
February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)	To Toronto Maple Leafs Calle Rosen	To Colorado Avalanche Michael Hutchinson	[20]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Ref
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Andrew Agozzino	to Pittsburgh Penguins	2-year	[21]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	from Vegas Golden Knights	2-year	[22]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Joonas Donskoi	from San Jose Sharks	4-year	[23]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Spencer Martin	to Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year	[24]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Patrik Nemeth	to Detroit Red Wings	2-year	[25]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	Semyon Varlamov	to New York Islanders	4-year	[26]
July 1, 2019 (2019-07-01)	David Warsofsky	to Pittsburgh Penguins	2-year	[21]
July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02)	Jayson Megna	from Washington Capitals	1-year	[27]
July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02)	Dan Renouf	from Carolina Hurricanes	2-year	[27]
July 2, 2019 (2019-07-02)	T. J. Tynan	from Vegas Golden Knights	1-year	[27]
July 9, 2019 (2019-07-09)	Sven Andrighetto	to Avangard Omsk (KHL)	1-year	[28]
July 15, 2019 (2019-07-15)	Sergei Boikov	to Dynamo Moscow (KHL)	2-year	[29]
July 23, 2019 (2019-07-23)	Julien Nantel	to Colorado Eagles (AHL)	1-year	[30]
July 25, 2019 (2019-07-25)	Max McCormick	to Carolina Hurricanes	1-year	[31]
August 19, 2019 (2019-08-19)	Valeri Nichushkin	from Dallas Stars	1-year	[32]
August 21, 2019 (2019-08-21)	Derick Brassard	to New York Islanders	1-year	[33]
August 26, 2019 (2019-08-26)	Gabriel Bourque	to Winnipeg Jets	1-year	[34]
September 29, 2019 (2019-09-29)	Mason Geertsen	to Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)	1-year	[35]

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	[36]
July 5, 2019 (2019-07-05)	Nikita Zadorov	1-year	[37]
July 8, 2019 (2019-07-08)	Ryan Graves	1-year	[38]
July 15, 2019 (2019-07-15)	Andre Burakovsky	1-year	[39]
July 17, 2019 (2019-07-17)	J. T. Compher	4-year	[40]
July 19, 2019 (2019-07-19)	Bowen Byram	3-year	[41]
July 23, 2019 (2019-07-23)	Anton Lindholm	2-year	[42]
July 25, 2019 (2019-07-25)	Sheldon Dries	1-year	[43]
July 30, 2019 (2019-07-30)	Vladislav Kamenev	1-year	[44]
July 31, 2019 (2019-07-31)	Samuel Girard	7-year	[45]
August 1, 2019 (2019-08-01)	A. J. Greer	1-year	[46]
September 28, 2019 (2019-09-28)	Mikko Rantanen	6-year	[47]
February 21, 2020 (2020-02-21)	Pavel Francouz	2-year	[48]

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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