The 2016 BSN top 25 Colorado Avalanche under 25 rolls on with #5, Calvin Pickard. Interestingly, the popular goaltender managed to show a bit of a gap among the staff, receiving two votes for third place, and one as low as seventh, while his average composite score ranked him evenly at the five spot.
The Avalanche selected Pickard in the second round of the 2010 NHL entry draft, as the 49th overall pick, and was the third goalie selected from the draft class.
Who is Calvin Pickard?
The 24-year old goaltender signed his three-year entry level contract with Colorado on March 25, 2011, near the end of his season playing for the WHL’s Seattle Thunderbirds.