The Colorado Avalanche completed their 2019 NHL draft haul by choosing three players in the final three rounds. In all, Colorado had eight picks in this year’s draft:
#4 (from Ottawa)
#16
#47
#63 (also from Ottawa)
#78
#140
#171
#202
Of course, the Avs had two selections in the first round. The first was from Ottawa and, again, it should have been the first-overall because the Senators finished dead last. Alas, we fell to fourth-overall again.
It’s ok, though, because the Chicago Blackhawks surprisingly selected Kirby Dach. That left us with the top-rated defenseman in the draft, Bowen Byram.