The Colorado Avalanche in their 24-year history have had players from pretty much every hockey-playing nation. Granted, they were pretty Canadian-centric for a while, but these days they have players representing from the following countries:
- Canada
- US
- Sweden
- Finland
- Russia
- France
- Austria*
- Germany
- Czech Republic
*Andre Burakovsky is Swedish, but he was born in Austria from when his father was playing there.
Anyway, when you think of the Avs and Russians, you might think of current defenseman Nikita Zadorov, or recently departed (to New York) goalie Semyon Varlamov.