Colorado - Lord Stanley's return.

[Dynasty]

Avalanche mega update

Welcome readers and fans, were heading live to a press conference with Avalanche GM Steve Pattenden.

"Thank you all for coming. I just wanted to say how excited I am beginning this new journey, the Avalanche's history is rich and its traditions bountiful. I will be looking to return Colorado to the prestige of past years when this club dominated their conference and made many playoff births as well as Stanley cup victories. My plan is to continue on building around Franchise players like Matt Duchene and the recently acquired Erik Johnson, I hope to have both of these fantastic young men in a Avalanche jersey for a very long time"

Draft results:
Colorado made no moves during the draft, as the day quietly sailed by for GM Pattenden, while calls did come in no deals were to be made. Pattenden left the draft floor with the comments "Well there has to be something of value for both teams in a trade, and everything I seen today was so outrageous and one sided that there was no point in even continuing the conversation"

League movement during the draft:

Sanjose traded C Torrey Mitchell to Dallas for RW Adam Burish
Buffalo traded RW Patrick Kaleta to Phoenix for C Andrew Ebbett
Minnesota traded C John Madden D Greg Zanon C Chris Stoner to the Rangers for G Martin Biron D Daniel Girardi

During the resign phase Colorado resigned:
G Calvin Pikard 18 years old 3 years @ 710K 68 overall A-/B/B potential
We are hoping Calvin will flourish in our development program and go on to be a number one goaltender.

I have decided that I will not be signing any rookies that are under 65 overall and with less then B potential, I am doing this in an effort to keep my roster size down so I can claim off waivers if something decent is sent through.
Also all of my GM points will be spent on youth development until that is maxed, I have a lot of young guys here that I want to develop.

During free agency Colorado signed:

LW Paul Kariya 35 years old 2 years @ 3M per season 82 overall C/C-/C- potential
We need scoring depth as we wait for our young guys to develop into NHL regulars, we believe Paul will fit this role perfectly.

D Jay Mackee 33 years old 3 years @ 2.5M per season 81 overall C/C/C potential
We will be looking for Jay to shore up our blue line and help teach Johnson as he matures

C Jakub Klepis 26 years old 3 years @ 1M per season 78 overall B-/A-/B potential
Jakub will be given the chance to be an NHL regular this season and we plan to give him plenty of opportunities to shine.

Colorado trades:
C Paul Stastny 24 years old 4 years @ 7.2M per season remaining on his contract 85 overall B-/C/C potential
2011 6th (COL)
TO the Islanders FOR:
RW Micheal Grabner 23 years old 1 year @ 1.735M remaining on his contract 82 overall B/B/B potential

While we did not want to see Stastny go, we firmly believe in Grabner's abilities and his future as a star winger in this league, we believe that under our Youth directive here in Colorado he will quickly blossom into an elite sniper. With his high foot speed and excellent hands we thought that Grabner would perfectly compliment his future line mate Matt Duchene who also is very fast and has excellent hands. We Look forward eagerly to a very long very productive career from Grabner

Player progression:
C Matt Duchene 19 years old 85 overall B/B-/B- potential
D Erik Johnson 22 years old 82 overall A-/A-/A- potential
RW Micheal Grabner 23 years old 82 overall B/B/B potential
RW Petr Mueller 22 years old 82 overall B-/B-/B- potential
RW Luke Walker 20 years old 70 overall B-/B/B potential
LW T.J Galiardi 22 years old 80 overall B-/B-/B- potential
D Kyle Cumiskey 23 years old 79 overall B-/C/B- potential
D Ryan Wilson 23 years old 76 overall B-/B-/B- potential
C Ryan O'Reilly 19 years old 78 overall B-/B/B- potential
C Ryan Stoa 23 years old 75 overall B-/B-/B- potential
C Jakub Klepis 26 years old 78 overall B-/A-/B potential
G Calvin Pickard 18 years old 68 overall A-/B/B potential

League movement during free agency:
Calgary trades D cory Sarich D Brendan Mikkelson D Brett Carson
TO Montreal for D Alexandre Picard C David Desharnais and 2 others (couldnt find out who)

Management expectations:
Make the playoffs

2010-2011 salary cap: 59.400M
MY cap: 47.540M
Cap room: 11.860M

Team news:
During game one C Thomas Fleischmann Fractured his elbow in a missed hit against Chicago forward Patrick Kane. Taking his place will be C Ryan O'Reilly who will see time on the third line unit and second line power play.

Colorado Avalanche
#	CENTERS	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT
11	(A) Matt Duchene	19	5'11	200	Left	85 OVR PLY
14	Tomas Fleischmann	26	6'1"	192	Left	82 OVR TWF
16	Jay Mcclement	27	6'1"	205	Left	80 OVR GRN
37	Ryan O'Reilly	19	6'0"	200	Left	78 OVR TWF
20	Jakub Klepis	26	6'1"	206	Right	78 OVR PLY
#	LEFT WINGS	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT
9	Paul Kariya	35	5'10"	180	Left	82 OVR SNP
39	T.J Galiardi	22	6'2"	190	Left	80 OVR TWF
#	RIGHT WINGS	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT
23	(A) Milan Hejduk	34	6'0"	190	Right	84 OVR SNP
40	Micheal Grabner	23	6'1"	170	Left	82 OVR SNP
88	Petr Mueller	22	6'2"	204	Right	82 OVR PLY
18	Brandon Yip	25	6'1"	195	Right	76 OVR TWF
#	DEFENSE	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT
6	Erik Johnson	22	6'4"	232	Right	82 OVR TWD
74	Jay Mckee	33	6'4"	203	Left	81 OVR DFD
4	John Michael Liles	29	5'10"	185	Left	81 OVR OFD
52	(C) Adam Foote	39	6'2"	220	Right	80 OVR DFD
27	Kyle Quincey	25	6'2"	207	Left	80 OVR TWD
3	Ryan O'byrne	26	6'5"	234	Right	79 OVR DFD
#	GOALIES	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT
30	Brian Elliott	25	6'3"	203	Left	82 OVR BUT
31	Peter Budaj	28	6'1"	200	Left	77 OVR BUT

10 game schedual

Colorado Avalanche 2010 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Oct 7	vs Chicago
Oct 11	at Flyers
Oct 12	at Red Wings
Oct 15	at Devils
Oct 16	at Islanders
Oct 18	at Rangers
Oct 21	vs Sharks
Oct 23	vs Kings
Oct 26	at Canucks
Oct 28	at Flames

[tlp2007]

Like what you have going. Will be following, excited to see how EJ does for you. Was a big fan of his, and still am. Grabner is a beast on the game, good trade

[Dynasty]

Quote: Originally Posted by tlp2007

Like what you have going. Will be following, excited to see how EJ does for you. Was a big fan of his, and still am. Grabner is a beast on the game, good trade

Thank you TLP, Johnson is fantastic so far. A monster defending his zone and a rocket for a shot on the Blueline.

[bthomp05]

Great work here as always. Love the trade to get Grabner (hes a beast) and of course being the Avs you don't have to trade to get your fetish player, Duchene.

[Xx-ovechking8-xX]

I have a feeling Carey Price is coming to Colorado.

[HeroWorship]

Wow, way to bring back Kariya to the Avalanche. And it didn't take you long to bring Michael Grabner into the fold.

[Dynasty]

Quote: Originally Posted by Xx-ovechking8-xX

I have a feeling Carey Price is coming to Colorado.

No sir, not unless he becomes a free agent. Im not going to be making any more trades on a large scale, the only way ill bring in players is via free agency or waiver wire, beyond my prospects of course.

Quote: Originally Posted by bthomp05

Great work here as always. Love the trade to get Grabner (hes a beast) and of course being the Avs you don't have to trade to get your fetish player, Duchene.

Haha yeah it works out well in that sense, I am looking forward to having Duchene and Grabner flying down the ice!

[Dynasty]

Quote: Originally Posted by HeroWorship

Wow, way to bring back Kariya to the Avalanche. And it didn't take you long to bring Michael Grabner into the fold.

Thanks for reading Hero. Despite Kariya and the avs parting on sour terms, I thought it would be nice if he finished out his career here, helping usher the Avs back to glory.

I had the Grabner trade planned befor eI started the chise, I wanted two star forwards to depend on to score, and who would fit better beside a speedy skilled Duchene, My biggest thing is I wanted to give talent for talent, which is why Stastny went the other way in that deal, at this point in their careers Stastny is a better player.