The 2021-22 Colorado Avalanche

Pre-season is done. Before it even started, Erik Johnson broke his collarbone and won't be ready until early December at the earliest. 

 We made a late trade to acquire the rights to Mikhail Sidorov from New Jersey for Nicolas Meloche (who promptly got traded to Nashville). 

 Your 2021-22 Colorado Avalanche!

 Goalies

 Starter - Calvin Pickard 
Backup - Igor Shestyorkin

 Picks is our clearcut starter, while Shestyorkin moves into the backup with the trade of Grubauer. 

 Defensemen

 LD - Will Butcher
LD - Haydn Fleury
LD/RD - Darnell Nurse
LD/RD - Mikhail Sidorov
RD - Tyson Barrie (A)
RD/LD - Adam Boqvist
RD - Erik Johnson

 We have a strong group of 7 defensemen. Sidorov is a much better version of Will Butcher, with strong veteran presence from 2020-21 Norris Trophy winner Tyson Barrie, Haydn Fleury, Darnell Nurse, and Erik Johnson. Boqvist will be entering his rookie year in the League.

 Forwards

 LW/C - Kyle Connor
F - Tyson Jost
W - Kristian Vesalainen
C/LW - Travis Barron
C - Matt Duchene (C)
C/RW - Nathan MacKinnon (A)
C - Zach Martin 
C - Donny Tessier
RW - Steven Agriogianis
RW - Shawn Boudrias
RW - Chi-ming Do
W - Anthony Mantha
F - Mikko Rantanen

 Obviously, the lost of Landeskog muddles things a little bit. But Jost and Vesalainen are ready for a bigger role on the team. And a bunch of players from San Antonio of the AHL are ready to make the jump to the NHL and make a contribution.

 Lines:

 Rantanen - Duchene - MacKinnon
Jost - Martin - Vesalainen
Connor - Barron - Do
Mantha - Tessier - Agriogianis

 Sidorov - Barrie
Fleury - Nurse
Butcher - Boqvist

 Pickard
Shestyorkin

 Let's get the 2021-22 season off to a good start! 

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