NHL.com is providing in-depth prospect analysis for each of its 30 teams throughout the month of August. Today, the Colorado Avalanche.
The Colorado Avalanche are intent on building through the NHL Draft and are starting to stock the organization with better prospects after failing to do so for too long. First-round picks aside, goalie Calvin Pickard and defensemen Chris Bigras and Tyson Barrie were the only Colorado draft choices to play regularly last season.
"You have to have depth in your organization, and we're starting to see our depth develop here," general manager Joe Sakic told the Avalanche website.