2016–17 Colorado Avalanche season: Difference between revisions

TheUnder '''[[2016–17first-year NHLhead season|2016–17]]coach [[ColoradoJared AvalancheBednar]], [[seasonthe (sports)|season]]'''Avalanche wasgot theoff [[Coloradoto Avalanchea seasons|38th]]respectable seasonstart, forand thewere [[Nationalonly Hockeytwo League]]games franchisebelow that.500 wasby establishedDecember on1. June 22However, 1979,they andonly [[Coloradowon Avalanchea seasons|21st]]total seasonof sincefour thegames franchisein relocatedDecember fromand [[QuebecJanuary Nordiques|Quebec]]combined. prior toBy the startAll-Star ofBreak, thethey [[1995–96were NHL13-31-2, and their season]].<ref>{{cite bookwas |last=Nationalall Hockeybut League|title=Thefinished. NationalThey Hockeywould Leagueonly Officialwin Guidenine &more Recordgames Book/2014|year=2013after |publisher=that Diamondto Sportsfinish Data22-56-4, Inc.the |page=45|isbn=worst 978-1-894801-26-3}}</ref>record Coloradoin didthe NHL. notThey makemissed the playoffs for the third consecutive year andhaving alsomissed the playoffs by 46 points in the standings. They finished the season with their fewest points since moving to Denver in 1995, and their fewest since [[1990–91 Quebec Nordiques season|1990–91]]., Theirwhich 22was winsalso werethe easilylast time the fewestfranchise finished in last place overall. The Avalanche's 48 points were among the Coloradofewest portionfor ofa franchisenon-expansion team since history1967, and theirthe second fewest sincefor [[1991–92any Quebecteam Nordiquesplaying an 82-game season|1991–92]]. Thewhere teamone alsopoint becameis theearned firstfor teamlosing sincein overtime or a shootout, only ahead of the [[2004–052023–24 NHLSan Jose Sharks season|2023–24 San Jose lockoutSharks]] (andwho thefinished subsequentwith start47 points). As of the [[salary2023–24 capNHL season]], era)this tois finishthe withmost arecent sub-.300time pointsthe percentageAvalanche have missed the playoffs.

On August 11, 2016, [[Patrick Roy]] resigned as head coach and vice president of hockey operations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/patrick-roy-parts-ways-avalanche-organization/ |title=Patrick Roy parts ways with Avalanche organization |publisher=''[[Sportsnet]]'' |date=August 11, 2016}}</ref> 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 [[Calder Cup|AHL championship]] in the [[2015–16 AHL season|previous season]].<ref>{{cite webnews |url=http://www.denverpost.com/2016/08/25/jared-bednar-hired-colorado-avalanche-head-coach/ |title=Jared Bednar selected as new Colorado Avalanche head coach |publishernewspaper=''[[The Denver Post]]'' |date=August 25, 2016}}</ref> Bednar was hired less than a month before the start of training camp. With nowhere near enough time to assemble his own staff, he was forced to retain Roy's assistants. He was also unable to install his own system.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.denverpost.com/2017/04/06/colorado-avalanche-2017-season-in-review/|title=Avalanche 2016–17 Season in Review: Colorado sinks to new low – The Denver Post|access-date=April 26, 2017|date=April 7, 2017}}</ref>

! colspan=10 style="background:#fff; border-top:#8B2942 5px solid; border-bottom:#01548A 5px solid;" | Pre-season Game Log: 6–0–0 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 3–0–0)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://avalanche.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=885167|title=Avalanche Announces 2016-17 Preseason Schedule - Colorado Avalanche - News|accessdateaccess-date=June 24, 2016|publisher=''Colorado Avalanche''|date=June 7, 2016}}</ref>

! colspan="12" style="background:#fff; border-top:#8B2942 5px solid; border-bottom:#01548A 5px solid;"| Game Log<ref>{{cite web|url=http://avalanche.nhl.com/club/schedule.htm|title=2016-2017 Regular Season Schedule/Results - Colorado Avalanche - Schedule|accessdateaccess-date=June 24, 2016|publisher=''Colorado Avalanche''}}</ref>

| 21 || November 29 || [[2016–17 Nashville Predators season|Nashville]] || 5–45–3 || Colorado || || Pickard || 12,082 || 9–11–1 || 19 || [https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/nsh-vs-col/2016/11/29/2016020337 Recap]

! {{abbr|GP|Games Playedplayed}}

! {{abbr|+/-−|Plus/Minusminus}}

! {{abbr|PIM|Penalty Minutesminutes}}

| {{sortname|Nathan|MacKinnon}} || 82 || 16 || 37 || 53 || –14−14 || 16

| {{sortname|Matt|Duchene}} || 77 || 18 || 23 || 41 || –34−34 || 12

| {{sortname|Mikko|Rantanen}} || 75 || 20 || 18 || 38 || –25−25 || 22

| {{sortname|Tyson|Barrie}} || 74 || 7 || 31 || 38 || –34−34 || 18

| {{sortname|Gabriel|Landeskog}} || 72 || 18 || 15 || 33 || –25−25 || 62

| {{sortname|Mikhail|Grigorenko}} || 75 || 10 || 13 || 23 || –14−14 || 18

| {{sortname|Blake|Comeau}} || 77 || 8 || 12 || 20 || –19−19 || 58

| {{sortname|JaromeRene|IginlaBourque}}^‡ || 6165 || 812 || 106 || 18 || –21−19 || 5456

| {{sortname|ReneJarome|BourqueIginla}}^‡ || 6561 || 128 || 610 || 18 || –19−21 || 5654

| {{sortname|Francois|Beauchemin|François Beauchemin}} || 81 || 5 || 13 || 18 || –14−14 || 32

| {{sortname|Erik|Johnson}} || 46 || 2 || 15 || 17 || –6−6 || 9

| {{sortname|Carl|Soderberg|Carl Söderberg}} || 80 || 6 || 8 || 14 || –26−26 || 22

| {{sortname|Fedor|Tyutin}} || 69 || 1 || 12 || 13 || –25−25 || 38

| {{sortname|Patrick|Wiercioch}} || 57 || 4 || 8 || 12 || –18−18 || 23

| {{sortname|Matt|Nieto}}^† || 43 || 7 || 4 || 11 || –9−9 || 4

| {{sortname|Nikita|Zadorov}} || 56 || 0 || 10 || 10 || –20−20 || 73

| {{sortname|Mark|Barberio}}^† || 34 || 2 || 7 || 9 || –6−6 || 4

| {{sortname|Joe|Colborne}} || 62 || 4 || 4 || 8 || –21−21 || 34

| {{sortname|Andreas|Martinsen}}^‡ || 55 || 3 || 4 || 7 || –10−10 || 32

| {{sortname|John|Mitchell|John Mitchell (ice hockey, born 1985)}} || 65 || 3 || 4 || 7 || –12−12 || 45

| {{sortname|Cody|Goloubef}} || 33 || 0 || 5 || 5 || –10−10 || 25

| {{sortname|Tyson|Jost}} || 6 || 1 || 0 || 1 || –5−5 || 0

| {{sortname|Cody|McLeod}}^‡ || 28 || 1 || 0 || 1 || –2−2 || 52

| {{sortname|Rocco|Grimaldi}} || 4 || 0 || 1 || 1 || –3−3 || 2

| {{sortname|A. J.|Greer|A.J. Greer}} || 5 || 0 || 1 || 1 || –2−2 || 4

| {{sortname|Eric|Gelinas|Éric Gélinas}} || 27 || 0 || 1 || 1 || –4−4 || 12

| {{sortname|Anton|Lindholm}} || 12 || 0 || 0 || 0 || –8−8 || 2

| {{sortname|Ben|Smith|Ben Smith (ice hockey, born 1988)}}^‡ || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || –2−2 || 0

| {{sortname|Duncan|Siemens}} || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || –2−2 || 2

! {{abbr|GP|Games Playedplayed}}

! {{abbr|GS|Games Startedstarted}}

! {{abbr|TOI|Time on Iceice}}

! {{abbr|OT|Overtime Lossloss}}

! {{abbr|GA|Goals Againstagainst}}

! {{abbr|GAA|Goals Againstagainst Averageaverage}}

! {{abbr|SA|Shots Againstagainst}}

! {{abbr|SV%|Save Percentagepercentage}}

! {{abbr|PIM|Penalty Minutesminutes}}

!colspan="2"|<{{center>|'''Details'''</center>}}

|<ref>{{cite web|title=Avalanche Acquires 2017 Draft Pick From Rangers|url=http://avalanche.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=887330|website=avalanche.nhl.com|publisher=Colorado Avalanche|accessdateaccess-date=June 27, 2016}}</ref>

|<ref>{{cite web|title=Cody Goloubef Acquired From Columbus|url=https://www.nhl.com/avalanche/news/cody-goloubef-acquired/c-284165998|website=avalanche.nhl.com|publisher=Colorado Avalanche|accessdateaccess-date=November 29, 2016}}</ref>

|<ref>{{cite web|title=Avalanche Acquires Felix Girard From Predators|url=https://www.nhl.com/avalanche/news/avs-acquire-girard-in-trade-with-predators/c-285635622|website=avalanche.nhl.com|publisher=Colorado Avalanche|accessdateaccess-date=January 13, 2017}}</ref>

|<ref>{{cite web|title=Avalanche Acquires Fourth-Round Pick From L.A.|url=https://www.nhl.com/avalanche/news/avs-acquire-fourth-round-pick-from-la/c-287264102|website=avalanche.nhl.com|publisher=Colorado Avalanche|accessdateaccess-date=March 1, 2017}}</ref>

|<ref>{{cite web|title=Avalanche Acquires Andrighetto From Montreal|url=https://www.nhl.com/avalanche/news/avs-acquire-andrighetto-from-montreal/c-287266682|website=avalanche.nhl.com|publisher=Colorado Avalanche|accessdateaccess-date=March 1, 2017}}</ref>

| {{start date|2016|07|01}} || [[Patrick Wiercioch]] || [[Ottawa Senators]] || 1 year, $800,000 || <ref>{{cite web|title=Avalanche Signs Patrick Wiercioch|url=http://avalanche.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=888126|publisher=''Colorado Avalanche''|date=July 5, 2016}}</ref>

| {{start date|2016|07|01}} || [[Joe Colborne]] || [[Calgary Flames]] || 2 years, $5 million || <ref>{{cite web|title=Avalanche Signs Joe Colborne|url=http://avalanche.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=888339|publisher=''Colorado Avalanche''|date=July 5, 2016}}</ref>

| {{start date|2016|07|01}} || [[Fedor Tyutin]] || [[Columbus Blue Jackets]] || 1 year, $2 million || <ref name="Tyutinplus">{{cite web|title=Avalanche Signs Fedor Tyutin|url=http://avalanche.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=888348|publisher=''Colorado Avalanche''|date=July 5, 2016}}</ref>

| {{start date|2016|08|16}} || [[Ben Smith (ice hockey, born 1988)|Ben Smith]] || [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] || 1 year, $675,000 || <ref>{{cite web|title=Avalanche Signs Ben Smith|url=http://avalanche.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=891034|publisher=''Colorado Avalanche''|date=August 16, 2016}}</ref>

| {{start date|2016|10|10}} || [[Gabriel Bourque]] || [[Nashville Predators]] || 1 year, $800,000 || <ref name="Bourque">{{cite web|title=Avalanche Signs Gabriel And Rene Bourque|url=https://www.nhl.com/avalanche/news/avs-sign-gabriel-rene-bourque/c-282529754|publisher=''Colorado Avalanche''|date=October 10, 2016}}</ref>

| {{start date|2016|07|02}} || [[Nate Guenin]] || [[Anaheim Ducks]] || 1 year, $600,000 || <ref>{{cite web|title=Ducks Sign D Guenin to One-Year Contract|url=http://ducks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=888522|publisher=''Anaheim Ducks''|date=July 2, 2016}}</ref>

| {{start date|2016|7|1}} || [[Mikkel Bødker|Mikkel Boedker]] || [[San Jose Sharks]] || 4 years, $16 million || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://sharks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=888374|title=Sharks Sign Forward Mikkel Boedker|publisher=Sharks.nhl.com|accessdateaccess-date=July 5, 2016}}</ref>

| {{start date|2016|7|1}} || [[Borna Rendulić|Borna Rendulic]] || [[Vancouver Canucks]] || 1 year, $575,000 || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://canucks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=888168|title=Canucks sign Chaput, Rendulic & Billins|publisher=nhl.com|accessdateaccess-date=July 5, 2016}}</ref>

| {{start date|2016|07|01}} || [[Andrew Bodnarchuk]] || [[Dallas Stars]] || 2 years, $1.45 million || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=888334|title=Dallas Stars Sign Defensemen Andrew Bodnarchuk and Dustin Stevenson|work=nhl.com|accessdateaccess-date=July 5, 2016}}</ref>

| {{start date|2016|07|01}} || [[Shawn Matthias]] || [[Winnipeg Jets]] || 2 years, $4.25 million || <ref>{{cite web |url=http://jets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=888244| title=Jets agree to terms with Shawn Matthias| publisher =[[NHL.com]] | date = July 1, 2016 | access-date =July 5, 2016}}</ref>

| {{start date|2016|07|01}} || [[Zach Redmond]] || [[Montreal Canadiens]] || 2 years, $1.225 million ||<ref>{{cite web|url=http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=888236|title=Canadiens agree to terms on a two-year contract with free agent Zach Redmond|publisher=Canadiens.com|accessdateaccess-date=July 1, 2016}}</ref>

| {{start date|2016|7|28}} || [[Brandon Gormley]] || [[New Jersey Devils]] || 1 year, $650,000 || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://devils.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=890279|title=DEVILS SIGN DEFENSEMAN BRANDON GORMLEY TO A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT|publisher=nhl.com|accessdateaccess-date=August 2, 2016}}</ref>

| {{start date|2016|10|13}} || [[Jack Skille]] || [[Vancouver Canucks]] || 1 year, $700,000 || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/canucks/news/skille-signs/c-282619734|title=Canucks Sign Jack Skille to One-Year Contract|publisher=nhl.com|accessdateaccess-date=October 17, 2016}}</ref>

| [[MarkMatt BarberioNieto]] || [[2016–17 MontrealSan CanadiensJose Sharks season|MontrealSan Jose CanadiensSharks]] || FebruaryJanuary 25, 2017 || <ref>{{cite web|url=httpshttp://www.nhl.nbcsports.com/avalanche2017/news01/mark05/avalanche-barberioclaim-claimednieto-onwhos-waivers/cdefinitely-286367292an-nhl-player/|title=MarkAvalanche Barberioclaim ClaimedNieto, Onwho's Waivers'definitely an NHL player'|publisher=ColoradoNBC AvalancheSports|accessdateaccess-date=FebruaryJanuary 25, 2017}}</ref>

| {{start date|2016|06|24}} || [[Andreas Martinsen]] || 1 year, $640,000 || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://avalanche.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=886718|title=Avalanche Signs Andreas Martinsen|work=nhl.com|accessdateaccess-date=June 24, 2016}}</ref>

| {{start date|2016|07|01}} || [[A. J. Greer]] || 3 years, entry-level contract || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://avalanche.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=888337|title=Avalanche Signs A.J. Greer|work=nhl.com|accessdateaccess-date=July 5, 2016}}</ref>

| {{start date|2016|07|05}} || [[Calvin Pickard]] || 2 years, $2 million || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://avalanche.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=888664|title=Avalanche Signs Calvin Pickard|work=nhl.com|accessdateaccess-date=July 6, 2016}}</ref>

| {{start date|2016|07|08}} || [[Nathan MacKinnon]] || 7 years, $44.1 million contract extension || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://avalanche.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=889038|title=Avalanche Signs MacKinnon To Seven-Year Contract|work=nhl.com|accessdateaccess-date=July 11, 2016}}</ref>

| {{start date|2016|07|20}} || [[Mikhail Grigorenko]] || 1 year, $1.3 million || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://avalanche.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=889896|title=Avalanche Agrees To Terms With Grigorenko|work=nhl.com|accessdateaccess-date=July 22, 2016}}</ref>

| {{start date|2016|07|31}} || [[Tyson Barrie]] || 4 years, $22 million || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://avalanche.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=890364|title=Avalanche Signs Barrie|work=nhl.com|accessdateaccess-date=August 2, 2016}}</ref>

| {{start date|2016|03|06}} || [[J. C. Beaudin]] || 3 years, $2.45 million entry-level contract || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://bsndenver.com/avalanche-sign-two-prospects-to-entry-level-contracts/|title=Avalanche sign two prospects to entry-level contracts|work=bsndenver.com|accessdateaccess-date=May 28, 2017}}</ref>

| {{start date|2016|03|06}} || [[Nicholas Meloche]] || 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract || <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/hockey/news/avalanches-nicolas-meloche-signs-contract-monday/|title=Avalanche's Nicolas Meloche: Signs contract Monday|work=cbssports.com|accessdateaccess-date=May 28, 2017}}</ref>

| {{start date|2017|03|29}} || [[Tyson Jost]] || 3 years, $5.1125 million entry-level contract || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/avalanche/news/avalanche-signs-tyson-jost/c-288229402|title=Avalanche Signs Tyson Jost To Entry-Level Contract|work=nhl.com|accessdateaccess-date=March 30, 2017}}</ref>

| {{start date|2017|05|12}} || [[Andrei Mironov (ice hockey)|Andrei Mironov]] || 2 years, $1.85 million entry-level || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/avalanche/news/avs-sign-andrei-mironov/c-288961348|title=Avalanche Signs Mironov|work=nhl.com|accessdateaccess-date=June 3, 2017}}</ref>

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, New York|Buffalo]].

! College/Junior/Club Teamteam (League)

;Draft notes<ref>{{cite web|title=2016 NHL Entry Draft Pending Transactions|url=http://www.prosportstransactions.com/hockey/DraftTrades/Years/2016.htm|publisher=''Pro Sports Transactions''|accessdateaccess-date=June 27, 2016}}</ref>

*{{ref label|Note1|a|a}} The [[Colorado Avalanche]]’s'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 NHL Entry Draft|2015]] to San Jose in exchange for a second-round pick in 2015, Colorado's sixth-round pick in [[2017 NHL Entry Draft|2017]] and this pick.<ref name="2015Day2trades">{{cite web|title=Trades completed during 2015 NHL Draft weekend|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=772519|date=June 27, 2015|accessdateaccess-date=June 27, 2015}}</ref>

: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 NHL Entry Draft|2017]] and this pick.<ref>{{cite web|title=Avalanche Acquires Brad Stuart|url= http://avalanche.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=724755|date=July 1, 2014|accessdateaccess-date=July 20, 2014}}</ref>

* 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 (ice hockey)|Colin Smith]] and this pick.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tsn.ca/leafs-deal-matthias-to-avalanche-for-prospect-draft-pick-1.441253|title=Leafs deal Matthias to Avalanche for prospect and a pick|date=February 21, 2016|accessdateaccess-date=February 21, 2016}}</ref>