There have been a lot of shocking developments in Colorado Avalanche territory this offseason, with the resignation of Patrick Roy and the subsequent hiring of Jared Bednar topping that list.
However, according to BSN Denver, the Colorado Avalanche have just made two more hirings that could greatly impact the direction of the team moving forward.
Those two hirings are names that Colorado Avalanche fans have probably never heard — Zac Urback and Arik Parnass — but the two are both well versed in the analytics community.
Under the tutelage of Patrick Roy, the Colorado Avalanche did not pay much heed to advanced stats, and the increasing move to analytics in the realm of hockey.