Fraser Looks at the Colorado Avalanche: 2009-10 Season Preview

I will be previewing all 30 NHL clubs. I will be looking at their available salary cap room, the additions and deletions from the 2008-09 rosters, and where I think they will stack up in their division and conference for the 2009-10 season.  Let's get a move on with the Colorado Avalanche, which plays in the Northwest Division and the Western Conference.   After the face of the franchise, Joe Sakic, decided to call it a career after 20 years with the Nordiques/Avalanche, the Avalanche are not the same organization that once had players, like  Sakic, Forsberg, Roy, Bourque, Blake, Drury and Tanguay.  It is time for the Avalanche to rebuild, and that means some rough years are ahead in Denver. The Colorado Avalanche currently has 17 players under one-way contracts: Two goaltenders, seven defensemen, and eight forwards. The salary cap hit for these 17 players is $44.6 million. The Avs will use the six remaining ...