This is a complete list of ice hockey players who were drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Colorado Avalanche franchise. It includes every player who was drafted, regardless of whether they played for the team. The Colorado Avalanche franchise was founded in Quebec, Canada, with the name Quebec Nordiques. In 1995, the franchise moved to Denver, Colorado, and since then has won three Stanley Cups.
Played at least one game with the Avalanche
Spent entire NHL career with the Avalanche
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Statistics are complete as of the 2023–24 NHL season and show each player's career regular season totals in the NHL. Wins, losses, ties, overtime losses and goals against average apply to goaltenders and are used only for players at that position.
| Draft | Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | W | L | T | OT | GAA |
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| 1995 | 1 | 25 | Marc Denis |  Canada | G | 349 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 112 | 179 | 28 | 3 | 3.02 |
| 1995 | 2 | 51 | Nic Beaudoin | Canada | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995 | 3 | 77 | John Tripp |  Germany | RW | 43 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995 | 4 | 81 | Tomi Kallio |  Finland | RW | 140 | 24 | 31 | 55 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995 | 5 | 129 | Brent Johnson |  United States | G | 309 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 140 | 112 | 13 | 18 | 2.63 |
| 1995 | 6 | 155 | John Cirjak | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995 | 7 | 181 | Dan Smith | Canada | D | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995 | 8 | 207 | Tomi Hirvonen | Finland | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995 | 9 | 228 | Chris George | Canada | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 1 | 25 | Peter Ratchuk | United States | D | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 2 | 51 | Yuri Babenko |  Russia | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 3 | 79 | Mark Parrish | United States | RW | 722 | 216 | 171 | 387 | 246 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 4 | 98 | Ben Storey | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 4 | 107 | Randy Petruk | Canada | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 5 | 134 | Luke Curtin | United States | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 6 | 146 | Brian Willsie | Canada | RW | 381 | 52 | 57 | 109 | 217 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 6 | 160 | Kai Fischer | Germany | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 7 | 167 | Dan Hinote | United States | RW | 503 | 38 | 52 | 90 | 383 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 7 | 176 | Samuel Pahlsson |  Sweden | C | 798 | 68 | 131 | 199 | 356 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 7 | 188 | Roman Pylner |  Czech Republic | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 8 | 214 | Matt Scorsune | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 | 9 | 240 | Justin Clark | United States | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997 | 1 | 26 | Kevin Grimes | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997 | 2 | 53 | Graham Belak | Canada | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997 | 3 | 55 | Rick Berry | Canada | D | 197 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 314 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997 | 3 | 78 | Ville Nieminen | Finland | LW | 385 | 48 | 69 | 117 | 333 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997 | 4 | 87 | Brad Larsen | Canada | LW | 294 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 134 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997 | 5 | 133 | Aaron Miskovich | United States | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997 | 6 | 161 | David Aebischer |  Switzerland | G | 214 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 30 | 106 | 74 | 12 | 5 | 2.52 |
| 1997 | 8 | 217 | Doug Schmidt | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997 | 9 | 243 | Kyle Kidney | United States | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997 | 9 | 245 | Stephen Lafleur | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998 | 1 | 12 | Alex Tanguay | Canada | LW | 1088 | 283 | 580 | 863 | 527 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998 | 1 | 17 | Martin Skoula | Czech Republic | D | 776 | 44 | 152 | 196 | 328 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998 | 1 | 19 | Robyn Regehr | Canada | D | 1090 | 36 | 163 | 199 | 972 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998 | 1 | 20 | Scott Parker | United States | RW | 308 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 699 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998 | 2 | 28 | Ramzi Abid | Canada | LW | 68 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 78 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998 | 2 | 38 | Philippe Sauve | United States | G | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3.45 |
| 1998 | 2 | 53 | Steve Moore | Canada | C | 69 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998 | 3 | 79 | Evgeny Lazarev |  Ukraine | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998 | 5 | 141 | K. C. Timmons | Canada | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998 | 6 | 167 | Alex Riazantsev | Russia | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 1 | 25 | Mikhail Kuleshov | Russia | LW | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 2 | 45 | Martin Grenier | Canada | D | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 3 | 93 | Branko Radivojevic |  Slovakia | RW | 393 | 52 | 68 | 120 | 252 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 4 | 112 | Sanny Lindstrom | Sweden | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 4 | 122 | Kristian Kovac | Slovakia | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 5 | 142 | Will Magnuson | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 5 | 152 | Jordan Krestanovich | Canada | C | 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 6 | 158 | Anders Lovdahl | Sweden | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 6 | 183 | Riku Hahl | Finland | C | 92 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 7 | 212 | Radim Vrbata | Czech Republic | RW | 1057 | 284 | 339 | 623 | 294 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1999 | 8 | 240 | Jeff Finger | United States | D | 199 | 17 | 40 | 57 | 114 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 1 | 14 | Vaclav Nedorost | Czech Republic | C | 99 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 2 | 47 | Jared Aulin | Canada | C | 17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 2 | 50 | Sergei Soin | Russia | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 2 | 63 | Agris Saviels |  Latvia | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 3 | 88 | Kurt Sauer | United States | D | 357 | 5 | 28 | 33 | 250 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 3 | 92 | Sergei Klyazmin | Russia | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 4 | 119 | Brian Fahey | United States | D | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 5 | 159 | John-Michael Liles | United States | D | 836 | 87 | 283 | 370 | 286 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 6 | 189 | Chris Bahen | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 7 | 221 | Aaron Molnar | Canada | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 8 | 252 | Darryl Bootland | Canada | RW | 32 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 85 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 9 | 266 | Sean Kotary | United States | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 9 | 285 | Blake Ward | Canada | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 2 | 63 | Peter Budaj | Slovakia | G | 368 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 158 | 132 | — | 40 | 2.70 |
| 2001 | 3 | 97 | Danny Bois | Canada | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 4 | 130 | Colt King | Canada | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 5 | 143 | Frantisek Skladany | Slovakia | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 5 | 144 | Cody McCormick | Canada | C | 405 | 21 | 44 | 65 | 550 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 5 | 149 | Mikko Viitanen | Finland | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 5 | 165 | Pierre-Luc Emond | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 6 | 184 | Scott Horvath | United States | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 6 | 196 | Charlie Stephens | Canada | C | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 7 | 227 | Marek Svatos | Slovakia | RW | 344 | 100 | 72 | 172 | 217 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 1 | 28 | Jonas Johansson | Sweden | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 2 | 61 | Johnny Boychuk | Canada | D | 725 | 54 | 152 | 206 | 331 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 3 | 94 | Eric Lundberg | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 4 | 107 | Mikko Kalteva | Finland | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 4 | 129 | Tom Gilbert | United States | D | 655 | 45 | 178 | 223 | 198 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 5 | 164 | Tyler Weiman | Canada | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2002 | 6 | 195 | Taylor Christie | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 7 | 227 | Ryan Steeves | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 8 | 258 | Sergei Shemetov | Russia | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 9 | 289 | Sean Collins | United States | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 2 | 63 | David Liffiton | Canada | D | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 4 | 131 | David Svagrovsky | Czech Republic | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 5 | 146 | Mark McCutcheon | United States | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 5 | 163 | Brad Richardson | Canada | C | 869 | 111 | 143 | 254 | 443 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 7 | 204 | Linus Videll | Sweden | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 7 | 225 | Brett Hemingway | Canada | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 8 | 257 | Darryl Yacboski | Canada | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 9 | 288 | David Jones | Canada | RW | 462 | 104 | 87 | 191 | 122 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 1 | 21 | Wojtek Wolski | Canada | LW | 451 | 99 | 168 | 267 | 113 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 2 | 55 | Victor Oreskovich | Canada | RW | 67 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 3 | 72 | Denis Parshin | Russia | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 5 | 154 | Richard Demen-Willaume | Sweden | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 6 | 184 | Derek Peltier | United States | D | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 7 | 215 | Ian Keserich | United States | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 8 | 239 | Brandon Yip | Canada | RW | 174 | 29 | 27 | 56 | 130 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 8 | 249 | J. D. Corbin | United States | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 9 | 281 | Steve McClellan | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 2 | 34 | Ryan Stoa | United States | C | 40 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 2 | 44 | Paul Stastny | United States | C | 1145 | 293 | 529 | 822 | 500 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 2 | 47 | Tom Fritsche | United States | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 2 | 52 | Chris Durand | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 3 | 88 | T. J. Hensick | United States | C | 112 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 4 | 124 | Ray Macias | United States | D | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 6 | 166 | Jason Lynch | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 6 | 168 | Justin Mercier | United States | C | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 7 | 222 | Kyle Cumiskey | Canada | D | 139 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 1 | 18 | Chris Stewart | Canada | RW | 668 | 160 | 162 | 322 | 750 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 2 | 51 | Nigel Williams | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 2 | 59 | Codey Burki | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 3 | 81 | Mike Carman | United States | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 4 | 110 | Kevin Montgomery | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 7 | 201 | Billy Sauer | United States | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 1 | 14 | Kevin Shattenkirk | United States | D | 952 | 103 | 381 | 484 | 544 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 2 | 45 | Colby Cohen | United States | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 2 | 49 | Trevor Cann | Canada | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 2 | 55 | T. J. Galiardi | United States | C | 321 | 44 | 61 | 105 | 136 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 4 | 105 | Brad Malone | Canada | LW | 217 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 206 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 4 | 113 | Kent Patterson | United States | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 5 | 135 | Paul Carey | United States | LW | 100 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 6 | 155 | Jens Hellgren | Sweden | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 7 | 195 | Johan Alcen | Sweden | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 2 | 50 | Cameron Gaunce | Canada | D | 37 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 2 | 61 | Peter Delmas | Canada | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 4 | 110 | Kelsey Tessier | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 5 | 140 | Mark Olver | Canada | C | 74 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 6 | 167 | Joel Chouinard | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 6 | 170 | Jonas Holos |  Norway | D | 39 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2008 | 7 | 200 | Nathan Condon | United States | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 | Matt Duchene | Canada | C | 1056 | 341 | 468 | 809 | 286 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 2 | 33 | Ryan O'Reilly | Canada | C | 1073 | 282 | 489 | 771 | 170 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 2 | 49 | Stefan Elliott | Canada | D | 87 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 3 | 64 | Tyson Barrie | Canada | D | 809 | 109 | 396 | 505 | 259 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 5 | 124 | Kieran Millan | Canada | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 6 | 154 | Brandon Maxwell | United States | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 7 | 184 | Gus Young | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 1 | 17 | Joey Hishon | Canada | C | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 2 | 49 | Calvin Pickard | Canada | G | 139 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 61 | — | 11 | 2.93 |
| 2010 | 3 | 71 | Michael Bournival | Canada | LW | 113 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 4 | 95 | Stephen Silas | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 4 | 107 | Sami Aittokallio | Finland | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 3.37 |
| 2010 | 5 | 137 | Troy Rutkowski | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 5 | 139 | Luke Walker | United States | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 7 | 197 | Luke Moffatt | United States | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | Gabriel Landeskog | Sweden | LW | 738 | 248 | 323 | 571 | 601 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 1 | 11 | Duncan Siemens | Canada | D | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 4 | 93 | Joachim Nermark | Sweden | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 5 | 123 | Garrett Meurs | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 6 | 153 | Gabriel Beaupre | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2011 | 7 | 183 | Dillon Donnelly | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 2 | 41 | Mitchell Heard | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 3 | 72 | Troy Bourke | Canada | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 5 | 132 | Michael Clarke | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 6 | 162 | Joseph Blandisi | Canada | C | 101 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 78 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2012 | 7 | 192 | Colin Smith | Canada | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | Nathan MacKinnon | Canada | C | 791 | 335 | 564 | 899 | 348 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 2 | 32 | Chris Bigras | Canada | D | 46 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 3 | 63 | Spencer Martin | Canada | G | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 26 | — | 7 | 3.52 |
| 2013 | 4 | 93 | Mason Geertsen | Canada | D | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 5 | 123 | Will Butcher | United States | D | 275 | 16 | 98 | 114 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 6 | 153 | Ben Storm | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2013 | 7 | 183 | Wilhelm Westlund | Sweden | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 1 | 23 | Conner Bleackley | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 3 | 84 | Kyle Wood | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 4 | 93 | Nicholas Magyar | United States | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 4 | 114 | Alexis Pepin | Canada | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 5 | 144 | Anton Lindholm | Sweden | D | 66 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 6 | 174 | Maximilian Pajpach | Slovakia | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2014 | 7 | 204 | Julien Nantel | Canada | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 1 | 10 | Mikko Rantanen | Finland | RW | 570 | 262 | 355 | 617 | 348 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 2 | 39 | A. J. Greer | Canada | LW | 167 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 205 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 2 | 40 | Nicolas Meloche | Canada | D | 57 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 3 | 71 | Jean-Christophe Beaudin | Canada | C | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 4 | 101 | Andrei Mironov | Russia | D | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 6 | 161 | Sergei Boikov | Russia | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015 | 7 | 191 | Gustav Olhaver | Sweden | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 1 | 10 | Tyson Jost | Canada | C | 456 | 57 | 83 | 140 | 164 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 2 | 40 | Cameron Morrison | Canada | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 3 | 71 | Josh Anderson | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 5 | 131 | Adam Werner | Sweden | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 3.42 |
| 2016 | 6 | 161 | Nathan Clurman | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2016 | 7 | 191 | Travis Barron | Canada | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 1 | 4 | Cale Makar | Canada | D | 315 | 86 | 250 | 336 | 96 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 2 | 32 | Conor Timmins | Canada | D | 91 | 3 | 28 | 31 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 4 | 94 | Nick Henry | Canada | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 4 | 114 | Petr Kvaca | Czech Republic | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 5 | 125 | Igor Shvyrev | Russia | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 6 | 156 | Denis Smirnov | Russia | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2017 | 7 | 187 | Nicky Leivermann | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 1 | 16 | Martin Kaut | Czech Republic | RW | 56 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 3 | 64 | Justus Annunen | Finland | G | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | — | 2 | 2.60 |
| 2018 | 3 | 78 | Sampo Ranta | Finland | LW | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 4 | 109 | Tyler Weiss | United States | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 5 | 140 | Brandon Saigeon | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 5 | 146 | Danila Zhuravlyov | Russia | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 6 | 171 | Nikolai Kovalenko | Russia | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2018 | 7 | 202 | Shamil Shmakov | Russia | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 1 | 4 | Bowen Byram | Canada | D | 164 | 26 | 46 | 72 | 126 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 1 | 16 | Alex Newhook | Canada | C | 214 | 42 | 58 | 100 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 2 | 47 | Drew Helleson | United States | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 3 | 63 | Matthew Stienburg | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 3 | 78 | Alex Beaucage | Canada | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 5 | 140 | Sasha Mutala | Canada | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 6 | 171 | Luka Burzan | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 7 | 202 | Trent Miner | Canada | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 1 | 25 | Justin Barron | Canada | D | 94 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 3 | 74 | Jean-Luc Foudy | Canada | C | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 4 | 117 | Colby Ambrosio | Canada | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 5 | 138 | Ryder Rolston | United States | RW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | 6 | 166 | Nils Aman | Sweden | C | 111 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 1 | 28 | Oskar Olausson | Sweden | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 2 | 61 | Sean Behrens | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 3 | 92 | Andrei Buyalsky |  Kazakhstan | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 7 | 220 | Taylor Makar | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 6 | 193 | Christopher Romaine | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 7 | 225 | Ivan Zhigalov |  Belarus | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 1 | 27 | Calum Ritchie | Canada | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 1 | 31 | Mikhail Gulyayev | Russia | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 5 | 155 | Nikita Ishimnikov | Russia | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 6 | 187 | Jeremy Hanzel | Canada | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 7 | 219 | Maros Jedlicka | Slovakia | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 2 | 38 | Ilya Nabokov | Russia | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 3 | 76 | William Zellers | United States | LW | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 4 | 121 | Jake Fisher | United States | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 5 | 132 | Louka Cloutier | Canada | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 5 | 137 | Ivan Yunin | Russia | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 5 | 161 | Maxmilian Curran | Czechia | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 6 | 185 | Tory Pitner | United States | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 7 | 215 | Christian Humphreys | United States | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 7 | 217 | Nikita Prishchepov | Russia | C | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
The Colorado Avalanche are a professional ice hockey team based in Denver. The Avalanche compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference. The team plays its home games at Ball Arena, which it shares with the National Basketball Association's (NBA) Denver Nuggets and Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League (NLL).
Patrick Jacques Roy is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach, executive and former player who is the head coach for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). Roy previously served as head coach for the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL, as well as the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). In 2017, he was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in history and was hailed in sports media as "king of goaltenders".
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Adam David Vernon Foote is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman, the current Assistant Coach of the Vancouver Canucks of National Hockey League, and the former head coach of the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League. He was best known for his physical presence and gritty play as a stay-at-home defenceman.
The Quebec Nordiques were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association (1972–1979) and the National Hockey League (1979–1995). The franchise was relocated to Denver in May 1995 and renamed the Colorado Avalanche. They played their home games at the Colisée de Québec from 1972 to 1995.
Joseph Régis Jocelyn Thibault is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Quebec Nordiques, Colorado Avalanche, Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Buffalo Sabres. Thibault was born in Montreal, Quebec and grew up in nearby Laval.
Michel Bernard Goulet is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played for the Birmingham Bulls in the World Hockey Association and the Quebec Nordiques and Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League. He was also a two-time Canada Cup champion with Team Canada. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1998.
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