In the summer of 2007, the Colorado Avalanche entered the offseason after having missed the post-season for the first time since moving to Denver from Quebec City over a decade earlier. The 2007 NHL Entry Draft marks a rough halfway point in the history of the Avalanche. As such, I think it is useful to look back with ten years of hindsight and see how that draft panned out.
The 2007 NHL Entry Draft marks the last time the Avs picked defensemen with their first two selections before this year’s draft. The Avalanche owned the 14th selection in the 2007 draft, the earliest the team had selected a player since Vaclav Nedorost in 2000.