2016–17 Colorado Avalanche season

The 2016–17 Colorado Avalanche season was 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. Colorado did not make the playoffs for the third consecutive year and also finished the season with their fewest points since moving to Denver in 1995, and their fewest since 1990–91. Their 22 wins were easily the fewest in the Colorado portion of franchise history, and their fewest since 1991–92. The team also became the first team since the 2004–05 NHL lockout (and the subsequent start of the salary cap era) to finish with a sub-.300 points percentage.
==Off-season==
On August 11, 2016, Patrick Roy resigned as head coach and vice president of hockey operations. On August 25, the Avalanche hired Jared Bednar of 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.
==Standings==
===Divisional standings===
===Conference standings===
==Schedule and results==
===Pre-season===
Pre-season Game Log: 6–0–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–0)	Pre-season Game Log: 6–0–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–0)	Pre-season Game Log: 6–0–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–0)	Pre-season Game Log: 6–0–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–0)	Pre-season Game Log: 6–0–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–0)	Pre-season Game Log: 6–0–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–0)	Pre-season Game Log: 6–0–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–0)	Pre-season Game Log: 6–0–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–0)	Pre-season Game Log: 6–0–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–0)	Pre-season Game Log: 6–0–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Recap
1 	September 27 	Colorado 	4–1 	Minnesota 	 	Smith 	16,920 	1–0–0 	Recap
2 	September 28 	Dallas 	2–4 	Colorado 	 	Simpson 	— 	2–0–0 	Recap
3 	September 30 	Los Angeles 	1–3 	Colorado 	 	Varlamov 	— 	3–0–0 	Recap
4 	October 4 	Minnesota 	0–2 	Colorado 	 	Varlamov 	— 	4–0–0 	Recap
5 	October 5 	Colorado 	1–0 	Dallas 	 	Pickard 	14,120 	5–0–0 	Recap
6 	October 8 	Colorado 	2–1 	Los Angeles 	OT 	— 	— 	6–0–0 	Recap
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Game played at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada.	
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Game played at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada.	
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Game played at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada.	
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Game played at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada.	
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Game played at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada.	
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Game played at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada.	
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Game played at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada.	
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Game played at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada.	
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Game played at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada.	
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Game played at T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada.
===Regular season===
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October: 4–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)	October: 4–3–0 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 3–2–0)
# 	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	OT 	Decision 	Attendance 	Record 	Pts 	Recap 	
1 	October 15 	Dallas 	5–6 	Colorado 	 	Varlamov 	18,007 	1–0–0 	2 	Recap 	
2 	October 17 	Colorado 	4–3 	Pittsburgh 	OT 	Pickard 	18,431 	2–0–0 	4 	Recap 	
3 	October 18 	Colorado 	0–3 	Washington 	 	Varlamov 	18,506 	2–1–0 	4 	Recap 	
4 	October 20 	Colorado 	4–0 	Tampa Bay 	 	Varlamov 	19,092 	3–1–0 	6 	Recap 	
5 	October 22 	Colorado 	2–5 	Florida 	 	Varlamov 	14,326 	3–2–0 	6 	Recap 	
6 	October 28 	Winnipeg 	1–0 	Colorado 	 	Varlamov 	16,135 	3–3–0 	6 	Recap 	
7 	October 29 	Colorado 	3–2 	Arizona 	 	Pickard 	13,533 	4–3–0 	8 	Recap 	
==Player stats==
===Skaters===
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	
 	82	16	37	53	–14	16
 	77	18	23	41	–34	12
 	75	20	18	38	–25	22
 	74	7 	31	38	–34	18
 	72	18	15	33	–25	62
 	75	10	13	23	–14	18
 	77	8 	12	20	–19	58
‡ 	61	8 	10	18	–21	54
 	65	12	6 	18	–19	56
 	81	5 	13	18	–14	32
 	46	2 	15	17	–6 	9
† 	19	5 	11	16	0 	8
 	80	6 	8 	14	–26	22
 	69	1 	12	13	–25	38
 	57	4 	8 	12	–18	23
† 	43	7 	4 	11	–9 	4
 	56	0 	10	10	–20	73
† 	34	2 	7 	9 	–6 	4
 	62	4 	4 	8 	–21	34
‡ 	55	3 	4 	7 	–10	32
 	65	3 	4 	7 	–12	45
 	21	3 	2 	5 	0 	4
 	33	0 	5 	5 	–10	25
 	1 	1 	0 	1 	+1 	2
 	6 	1 	0 	1 	–5 	0
‡ 	28	1 	0 	1 	–2 	52
 	4 	0 	1 	1 	–3 	2
 	5 	0 	1 	1 	–2 	4
 	27	0 	1 	1 	–4 	12
 	12	0 	0 	0 	–8 	2
 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0 	0
‡ 	4 	0 	0 	0 	–2 	0
 	3 	0 	0 	0 	–2 	2
===Goaltenders===
 Regular season
Player	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	50	48	2820:16	15	31	2	140	2.98	1461	.904	2	0	2	0
 	24	23	1347:47	6 	17	0	76 	3.38	745 	.898	1	0	0	0
 	10	8 	542:43 	1 	6 	1	32 	3.54	286 	.888	0	0	0	0
 	3 	3 	179:26 	0 	2 	1	13 	4.35	96 	.865	0	0	0	0
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Avalanche. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.
‡Traded mid-season
Bold/italics denotes franchise record
==Roster==
==Transactions==
The Colorado Avalanche were involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 NHL season.
===Trades===
Date	Details	Details	Ref
 	To New York Rangers
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Nick Holden	To Colorado Avalanche
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4th-round pick in 2017	
 	To Columbus Blue Jackets
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Ryan Stanton	To Colorado Avalanche
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Cody Goloubef	
 	To Nashville Predators
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Cody McLeod	To Colorado Avalanche
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Felix Girard	
 	To Los Angeles Kings
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Jarome Iginla	To Colorado Avalanche
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conditional 4th-round pick in 2018	
 	To Montreal Canadiens
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Andreas Martinsen	To Colorado Avalanche
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Sven Andrighetto	
===Free agents acquired===
Date	Player 	Former team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Patrick Wiercioch	Ottawa Senators 	1 year, $800,000 	
 	Joe Colborne 	Calgary Flames 	2 years, $5 million 	
 	Fedor Tyutin 	Columbus Blue Jackets 	1 year, $2 million 	
 	Turner Elson 	Stockton Heat 	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Jim O'Brien 	Albany Devils 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Reid Petryk 	San Antonio Rampage 	1 year 	
 	Mike Sislo 	New Jersey Devils 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Jeremy Smith 	Providence Bruins 	1 year 	
 	Ryan Stanton 	Hershey Bears 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Trent Vogelhuber 	Lake Erie Monsters 	2 years, $1.225 million 	
 	Joe Whitney 	Bridgeport Sound Tigers	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Ben Smith 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	1 year, $675,000 	
 	Gabriel Bourque 	Nashville Predators 	1 year, $800,000 	
 	Rene Bourque 	Columbus Blue Jackets 	1 year, $650,000 	
===Free agents lost===
Date	Player 	New team 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars)	Ref
 	Nate Guenin 	Anaheim Ducks 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Mikkel Boedker 	San Jose Sharks 	4 years, $16 million 	
 	Borna Rendulic 	Vancouver Canucks 	1 year, $575,000 	
 	Andrew Bodnarchuk	Dallas Stars 	2 years, $1.45 million 	
 	Shawn Matthias 	Winnipeg Jets 	2 years, $4.25 million 	
 	Zach Redmond 	Montreal Canadiens	2 years, $1.225 million 	
 	Andrew Agozzino 	St. Louis Blues 	1 year, $600,000 	
 	Brandon Gormley 	New Jersey Devils 	1 year, $650,000 	
 	Jack Skille 	Vancouver Canucks 	1 year, $700,000 	
===Claimed via waivers===
Player 	Former team 	Date claimed off waivers	Ref
Matt Nieto 	San Jose Sharks 	January 5, 2017 	
Mark Barberio	Montreal Canadiens	February 2, 2017 	
===Lost via waivers===
Player 	New team 	Date claimed off waivers	Ref
Ben Smith	Toronto Maple Leafs	 	
===Lost via retirement===
Date	Player	Ref
===Player signings===
Date	Player 	Contract terms(in U.S. dollars) 	Ref
 	Andreas Martinsen 	1 year, $640,000 	
 	A. J. Greer 	3 years, entry-level contract 	
 	Calvin Pickard 	2 years, $2 million 	
 	Nathan MacKinnon 	7 years, $44.1 million contract extension 	
 	Mikhail Grigorenko	1 year, $1.3 million 	
 	Tyson Barrie 	4 years, $22 million 	
 	J. C. Beaudin 	3 years, $2.45 million entry-level contract 	
 	Nicholas Meloche 	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract 	
 	Tyson Jost 	3 years, $5.1125 million entry-level contract	
 	Andrei Mironov 	2 years, $1.85 million entry-level 	
==Draft picks==
Below are the Colorado Avalanche's 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==
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