The Colorado Avalanche need to make some significant changes to the team after a dismal 48-point season. Thus far, the only changes the Avs have made are to fire the assistant coaching staff — Jared Bednar is staying on.
GM Joe Sakic has been stating that he wants to see the team get younger and faster. To that end he picked up young, fast players throughout the season last year. The team acquired winger Matthew Nieto and defenseman Mark Barberio off the waiver wire and traded big forward Andreas Martinsen for Sven Andrighetto.