2023–24 Colorado Avalanche season

2023–24 Colorado Avalanche
Division	3rd Central
Conference	4th Western
2023–24 record	50–25–7
Home record	31–9–1
Road record	19–16–6
Goals for	304
Goals against	254
Team information
General manager	Chris MacFarland
Coach	Jared Bednar
Captain	Gabriel Landeskog
Alternate captains	Nathan MacKinnon Mikko Rantanen
Arena	Ball Arena
Average attendance	18,102[1]
Minor league affiliate(s)	Colorado Eagles (AHL) Utah Grizzlies (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Nathan MacKinnon (51)
Assists	Nathan MacKinnon (89)
Points	Nathan MacKinnon (140)
Penalty minutes	Josh Manson (87)
Plus/minus	Nathan MacKinnon (+35)
Wins	Alexandar Georgiev (38)
Goals against average	Justus Annunen (2.25)

The 2023–24 Colorado Avalanche season was the 45th season for the Avalanche as the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that joined the league in 1979, and their 28th playing season since the franchise relocated from Quebec prior to the start of the 1995–96 NHL season.^[2]

On March 30, 2024, the Avalanche clinched a playoff berth for the seventh consecutive season after a 7–4 win against the Nashville Predators.^[3] On April 18, Nathan MacKinnon broke the single season point record, across both the Nordiques and Avalanche, with 140 points. In the playoffs, the Avalanche defeated the Winnipeg Jets in five games in the first round,^[4] before losing to the Dallas Stars in the second round in six games.^[5]

On June 27, MacKinnon became the first Avalanche player to win the Hart Memorial Trophy since Peter Forsberg in the 2002–03 season.

Standings

Divisional standings

Central Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	z – Dallas Stars	82	52	21	9	40	298	234	+64	113
2	x – Winnipeg Jets	82	52	24	6	46	259	199	+60	110
3	x – Colorado Avalanche	82	50	25	7	42	304	254	+50	107
4	x – Nashville Predators	82	47	30	5	38	269	248	+21	99
5	e – St. Louis Blues	82	43	33	6	31	239	250	−11	92
6	e – Minnesota Wild	82	39	34	9	32	251	263	−12	87
7	e – Arizona Coyotes	82	36	41	5	28	256	274	−18	77
8	e – Chicago Blackhawks	82	23	53	6	17	179	290	−111	52

Source: National Hockey League^[6]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference

Conference standings

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	x – Nashville Predators	82	47	30	5	38	269	248	+21	99
2	PA	x – Vegas Golden Knights	82	45	29	8	34	267	245	+22	98
3	CE	e – St. Louis Blues	82	43	33	6	31	239	250	−11	92
4	CE	e – Minnesota Wild	82	39	34	9	32	251	263	−12	87
5	PA	e – Calgary Flames	82	38	39	5	32	253	271	−18	81
6	PA	e – Seattle Kraken	82	34	35	13	28	217	236	−19	81
7	CE	e – Arizona Coyotes	82	36	41	5	28	256	274	−18	77
8	PA	e – Anaheim Ducks	82	27	50	5	21	204	295	−91	59
9	CE	e – Chicago Blackhawks	82	23	53	6	17	179	290	−111	52
10	PA	e – San Jose Sharks	82	19	54	9	14	181	331	−150	47

Source: National Hockey League^[7]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

Preseason

The Avalanche pre-season schedule was released on June 23, 2023.^[8]

2023 preseason game log: 2–4–0 (home: 2–1–0; road: 0–3–0)
#	Date	Away	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 24	Minnesota	4–3	Colorado		Holm	14,501	0–1–0	[9]
2	September 25	Vegas	2–3	Colorado		Annunen	13,294	1–1–0	[10]
3	September 28	Colorado	2–4	Minnesota		Annunen	16,215	1–2–0	[11]
4	October 1	Dallas	3–4	Colorado	OT	Georgiev	15,207	2–2–0	[12]
5	October 3	Colorado	1–3	Dallas		Annunen	14,523	2–3–0	[13]
6	October 5	Colorado	3–4	Vegas		Georgiev	17,539	2–4–0	[14]
Legend:   Win   Loss   OT/SO loss

Regular season

The Avalanche regular season schedule was released on June 27, 2023.^[15]

2023–24 game log
October: 6–2–0 (home: 2–0–0; road: 4–2–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 11 @ Los Angeles 5–2 Georgiev 18,145 1–0–0 2 [16] 2 October 14 @ San Jose 2–1 SO Georgiev 17,435 2–0–0 4 [17] 3 October 17 @ Seattle 4–1 Georgiev 17,151 3–0–0 6 [18] 4 October 19 Chicago 4–0 Georgiev 18,140 4–0–0 8 [19] 5 October 21 Carolina 6–4 Georgiev 18,131 5–0–0 10 [20] 6 October 24 @ NY Islanders 7–4 Georgiev 14,856 6–0–0 12 [21] 7 October 26 @ Pittsburgh 0–4 Georgiev 17,154 6–1–0 12 [22] 8 October 29 @ Buffalo 0–4 Georgiev 15,717 6–2–0 12 [23]
November: 9–4–1 (home: 6–2–0; road: 3–2–1) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 November 1 St. Louis 4–1 Prosvetov 18,091 7–2–0 14 [24] 10 November 4 @ Vegas 0–7 Georgiev 18,512 7–3–0 14 [25] 11 November 7 New Jersey 6–3 Georgiev 18,087 8–3–0 16 [26] 12 November 9 Seattle 3–4 Prosvetov 18,124 8–4–0 16 [27] 13 November 11 St. Louis 2–8 Georgiev 18,132 8–5–0 16 [28] 14 November 13 @ Seattle 5–1 Georgiev 17,151 9–5–0 18 [29] 15 November 15 Anaheim 8-2 Georgiev 18,029 10–5–0 20 [30] 16 November 18 @ Dallas 6–3 Georgiev 18,532 11–5–0 22 [31] 17 November 20 @ Nashville 3–4 Georgiev 17,159 11–6–0 22 [32] 18 November 22 Vancouver 5–2 Georgiev 18,133 12–6–0 24 [33] 19 November 24 @ Minnesota 3–2 Georgiev 19,057 13–6–0 26 [34] 20 November 25 Calgary 3–1 Prosvetov 18,139 14–6–0 28 [35] 21 November 27 Tampa Bay 4–1 Georgiev 18,009 15–6–0 30 [36] 22 November 30 @ Arizona 3–4 OT Georgiev 4,600 15–6–1 31 [37]
December: 8–5–2 (home: 7–2–0; road: 1–3–2) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 23 December 2 @ Anaheim 3–4 SO Prosvetov 14,000 15–6–2 32 [38] 24 December 3 @ Los Angeles 1–4 Georgiev 18,145 15–7–2 32 [39] 25 December 5 Anaheim 3–2 Georgiev 18,021 16–7–2 34 [40] 26 December 7 Winnipeg 2–4 Georgiev 18,008 16–8–2 34 [41] 27 December 9 Philadelphia 2–5 Prosvetov 18,119 16–9–2 34 [42] 28 December 11 Calgary 6–5 Prosvetov 17,967 17–9–2 36 [43] 29 December 13 Buffalo 5–1 Prosvetov 18,034 18–9–2 38 [44] 30 December 16 @ Winnipeg 2–6 Prosvetov 13,515 18–10–2 38 [45] 31 December 17 San Jose 6–2 Georgiev 18,093 19–10–2 40 [46] 32 December 19 @ Chicago 2–3 Georgiev 19,719 19–11–2 40 [47] 33 December 21 Ottawa 6–4 Georgiev 18,107 20–11–2 42 [48] 34 December 23 Arizona 4–1 Georgiev 18,117 21–11–2 44 [49] 35 December 27 @ Arizona 4–5 OT Georgiev 4,600 21–11–3 45 [50] 36 December 29 @ St. Louis 2–1 Georgiev 18,096 22–11–3 47 [51] 37 December 31 San Jose 3–1 Georgiev 18,140 23–11–3 49 [52]
January: 9–3–0 (home: 5–1–0; road: 4–2–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 38 January 2 NY Islanders 5–4 OT Georgiev 18,121 24–11–3 51 [53] 39 January 4 @ Dallas 5–4 OT Georgiev 18,532 25–11–3 53 [54] 40 January 6 Florida 4–8 Georgiev 18,132 25–12–3 53 [55] 41 January 8 Boston 4–3 SO Georgiev 18,050 26–12–3 55 [56] 42 January 10 Vegas 3–0 Georgiev 18,039 27–12–3 57 [57] 43 January 13 @ Toronto 5–3 Georgiev 19,298 28–12–3 59 [58] 44 January 15 @ Montreal 3–4 Georgiev 21,105 28–13–3 59 [59] 45 January 16 @ Ottawa 7–4 Annunen 16,242 29–13–3 61 [60] 46 January 18 @ Boston 2–5 Georgiev 17,850 29–14–3 61 [61] 47 January 20 @ Philadelphia 7–4 Georgiev 19,078 30–14–3 63 [62] 48 January 24 Washington 6–2 Georgiev 18,136 31–14–3 65 [63] 49 January 26 Los Angeles 5–1 Georgiev 18,131 32–14–3 67 [64]
February: 5–5–2 (home: 3–1–0; road: 2–4–2) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 50 February 5 @ NY Rangers 1–2 OT Georgiev 18,006 32–14–4 68 [65] 51 February 6 @ New Jersey 3–5 Annunen 16,326 32–15–4 68 [66] 52 February 8 @ Carolina 2–5 Georgiev 18,720 32–16–4 68 [67] 53 February 10 @ Florida 0–4 Georgiev 19,304 32–17–4 68 [68] 54 February 13 @ Washington 6–3 Georgiev 17,878 33–17–4 70 [69] 55 February 15 @ Tampa Bay 3–6 Annunen 19,092 33–18–4 70 [70] 56 February 18 Arizona 4–3 Georgiev 18,133 34–18–4 72 [71] 57 February 20 Vancouver 3–1 Georgiev 18,121 35–18–4 74 [72] 58 February 22 @ Detroit 1–2 OT Annunen 19,515 35–18–5 75 [73] 59 February 24 Toronto 3–4 Georgiev 18,135 35–19–5 75 [74] 60 February 27 Dallas 5–1 Georgiev 18,117 36–19–5 77 [75] 61 February 29 @ Chicago 5–0 Annunen 18,096 37–19–5 79 [76]
March: 10–2–1 (home: 6–1–1; road: 4–1–0) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 62 March 2 @ Nashville 1–5 Georgiev 17,474 37–20–5 79 [77] 63 March 4 Chicago 5–0 Annunen 18,125 38–20–5 81 [78] 64 March 6 Detroit 7–2 Georgiev 18,132 39–20–5 83 [79] 65 March 8 Minnesota 2–1 OT Georgiev 18,134 40–20–5 85 [80] 66 March 12 @ Calgary 6–2 Annunen 17,185 41–20–5 87 [81] 67 March 13 @ Vancouver 4–3 OT Georgiev 18,880 42–20–5 89 [82] 68 March 16 @ Edmonton 3–2 OT Georgiev 18,347 43–20–5 91 [83] 69 March 19 @ St. Louis 4–3 Annunen 18,096 44–20–5 93 [84] 70 March 22 Columbus 6–1 Georgiev 18,117 45–20–5 95 [85] 71 March 24 Pittsburgh 5–4 OT Georgiev 18,129 46–20–5 97 [86] 72 March 26 Montreal 1–2 Annunen 18,119 46–21–5 97 [87] 73 March 28 NY Rangers 2–3 SO Georgiev 18,130 46–21–6 98 [88] 74 March 30 Nashville 7–4 Annunen 18,121 47–21–6 100 [89]
April: 3–4–1 (home: 2–2–0; road: 1–2–1) # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 75 April 1 @ Columbus 1–4 Annunen 16,731 47–22–6 100 [90] 76 April 4 @ Minnesota 5–2 Annunen 18,803 48–22–6 102 [91] 77 April 5 @ Edmonton 2–6 Georgiev 18,347 48–23–6 102 [92] 78 April 7 Dallas 4–7 Georgiev 18,116 48–24–6 102 [93] 79 April 9 Minnesota 5–2 Georgiev 18,097 49–24–6 104 [94] 80 April 13 Winnipeg 0–7 Georgiev 18,121 49–25–6 104 [95] 81 April 14 @ Vegas 3–4 OT Georgiev 18,239 49–25–7 105 [96] 82 April 18 Edmonton 5–1 Annunen 18,129 50–25–7 107 [97]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   OT/SO loss (1 point)

Playoffs

Main article: 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs

2024 Stanley Cup playoffs
Western Conference first round vs. (C2) Winnipeg Jets: Colorado won 4–1 # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 21 @ Winnipeg 6–7 Georgiev 15,225 0–1 [98] 2 April 23 @ Winnipeg 5–2 Georgiev 15,225 1–1 [99] 3 April 26 Winnipeg 6–2 Georgiev 18,124 2–1 [100] 4 April 28 Winnipeg 5–1 Georgiev 18,129 3–1 [101] 5 April 30 @ Winnipeg 6–3 Georgiev 15,225 4–1 [102]
Western Conference second round vs. (C1) Dallas Stars: Dallas won 4–2 # Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 7 @ Dallas 4–3 OT Georgiev 18,532 1–0 [103] 2 May 9 @ Dallas 3–5 Georgiev 18,532 1–1 [104] 3 May 11 Dallas 1–4 Georgiev 18,131 1–2 [105] 4 May 13 Dallas 1–5 Georgiev 18,123 1–3 [106] 5 May 15 @ Dallas 5–3 Georgiev 18,532 2–3 [107] 6 May 17 Dallas 1–2 2OT Georgiev 18,126 2–4 [108]
Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season[109] Player GP G A Pts +/– PIM Nathan MacKinnon 82 51 89 140 +35 42 Mikko Rantanen 80 42 62 104 +19 50 Cale Makar 77 21 69 90 +15 16 Jonathan Drouin 79 19 37 56 +12 28 Valeri Nichushkin 54 28 25 53 +5 22 Devon Toews 82 12 38 50 +28 18 Ross Colton 80 17 23 40 −8 61 Artturi Lehkonen 45 16 18 34 +11 14 Miles Wood 74 9 17 26 −5 75 Logan O'Connor 57 13 12 25 +13 34 Josh Manson 76 8 17 25 +13 87 Ryan Johansen^‡ 63 13 10 23 −6 34 Bowen Byram^‡ 55 8 12 20 +1 40 Andrew Cogliano 75 6 13 19 +11 16 Sam Girard 59 3 15 18 0 10 Jack Johnson 80 3 13 16 +15 38 Zach Parise 30 5 5 10 –7 8 Casey Mittelstadt^† 18 4 6 10 –2 4 Sam Malinski 23 3 7 10 +3 6 Joel Kiviranta 56 3 6 9 –1 12 Fredrik Olofsson 57 3 6 9 –5 8 Tomas Tatar^‡ 27 1 8 9 0 10 Sean Walker^† 18 4 3 7 +2 16 Brandon Duhaime^† 18 1 5 5 +2 4 Caleb Jones 25 0 5 5 +4 8 Yakov Trenin^† 16 2 1 3 +3 2 Kurtis MacDermid^‡ 29 2 0 2 +3 23 Riley Tufte 5 1 1 2 −2 2 Chris Wagner 13 1 1 2 +3 9 Jean-Luc Foudy 4 1 0 1 +1 0 Jason Polin 7 1 0 1 +1 2 Ben Meyers^‡ 9 1 0 1 −2 0 Oskar Olausson 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ondrej Pavel 2 0 0 0 −1 2

Playoffs[110] Player GP G A Pts +/– PIM Cale Makar 11 5 10 15 −3 0 Nathan MacKinnon 11 4 10 14 −1 4 Mikko Rantanen 11 4 10 14 −1 8 Artturi Lehkonen 11 6 5 11 −2 4 Valeri Nichushkin 8 9 1 10 +1 2 Casey Mittelstadt 11 3 6 9 0 2 Josh Manson 11 2 5 7 +7 12 Devon Toews 10 1 5 6 +4 2 Andrew Cogliano 11 0 5 5 +2 2 Ross Colton 11 1 3 4 +2 2 Miles Wood 11 3 0 3 +1 13 Zach Parise 11 2 1 3 −1 0 Jonathan Drouin 3 0 3 3 −1 2 Sam Girard 9 0 3 3 +3 0 Joel Kiviranta 8 1 1 2 +3 4 Yakov Trenin 10 1 0 1 +1 4 Brandon Duhaime 11 1 0 1 −2 8 Nikolai Kovalenko 2 0 0 0 –1 0 Chris Wagner 2 0 0 0 0 0 Caleb Jones 3 0 0 0 +1 6 Jack Johnson 11 0 0 0 +4 2 Sean Walker 11 0 0 0 −5 6

Goaltenders

Regular season^[111]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Alexandar Georgiev	63	62	3,637:57	38	18	5	183	3.02	1,770	.897	2	0	2	4
Justus Annunen	14	12	801:05	8	4	1	30	2.25	414	.928	2	0	0	0
Ivan Prosvetov	11	8	494:11	4	3	1	26	3.16	248	.895	0	0	0	0

Playoffs^[112]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Alexandar Georgiev	11	11	425:23	6	5	33	2.85	311	.897	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Avalanche. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.
^‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Transactions

The Avalanche have been involved in the following transactions during the 2023–24 season.

Key:

 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2024–25 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 28, 2023 (2023-06-28)	To Tampa Bay Lightning MTL 2nd-round pick in 2023	To Colorado Avalanche Ross Colton	[113]
October 10, 2023 (2023-10-10)	To Carolina Hurricanes Callahan Burke	To Colorado Avalanche Caleb Jones	[114]
December 16, 2023 (2023-12-16)	To Seattle Kraken Tomas Tatar	To Colorado Avalanche 5th-round pick in 2024	[115]
March 1, 2024 (2024-03-01)	To New Jersey Devils Kurtis MacDermid	To Colorado Avalanche Zakhar Bardakov 7th-round pick in 2024	[116]
March 6, 2024 (2024-03-06)	To Buffalo Sabres Bowen Byram	To Colorado Avalanche Casey Mittelstadt	[117]
	To Philadelphia Flyers Ryan Johansen Conditional 1st-round pick in 2025	To Colorado Avalanche Sean Walker 5th-round pick in 2026	[118]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01)	Jack Ahcan	Boston Bruins	2-year	Free agency	[119]
	Jonathan Drouin	Montreal Canadiens	1-year	Free agency	[120]
	Arvid Holm	Winnipeg Jets	1-year	Free agency	[119]
	Corey Schueneman	Montreal Canadiens	1-year	Free agency	[119]
	Riley Tufte	Dallas Stars	1-year	Free agency	[119]
	Chris Wagner	Boston Bruins	1-year	Free agency	[119]
	Miles Wood	New Jersey Devils	6-year	Free agency	[121]
September 12, 2023 (2023-009-12)	Tomas Tatar	New Jersey Devils	1-year	Free agency	[122]
October 9, 2023 (2023-10-09)	Ivan Prosvetov	Arizona Coyotes		Waivers	[123]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01)	J. T. Compher	Detroit Red Wings	5-year	Free agency	[124]
	Lars Eller	Pittsburgh Penguins	2-year	Free agency	[125]
	Josh Jacobs	St. Louis Blues	1-year	Free agency	[126]
	Jonas Johansson	Tampa Bay Lightning	2-year	Free agency	[127]
	Erik Johnson	Buffalo Sabres	1-year	Free agency	[128]
	Mikhail Maltsev	Los Angeles Kings	1-year	Free agency	[129]
	Matt Nieto	Pittsburgh Penguins	2-year	Free agency	[130]
July 2, 2023 (2023-07-02)	Evan Rodrigues	Florida Panthers	4-year	Free agency	[131]
July 3, 2023 (2023-07-03)	Charles Hudon	Ontario Reign (AHL)	2-year	Free agency	[132]
July 18, 2023 (2023-07-18)	Denis Malgin	ZSC Lions (NL)	5-year	Free agency	[133]
August 18, 2023 (2023-08-18)	Ryan Merkley	Kunlun Red Star (KHL)	1-year	Free agency	[134]
September 13, 2023 (2023-09-13)	Keith Kinkaid	New Jersey Devils	1-year	Free agency	[135]
June 21, 2024 (2024-06-21)	Andrew Cogliano			Retirement	[136]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01)	Bowen Byram	2-year	[137]
	Andrew Cogliano	1-year	[138]
July 2, 2023 (2023-07-02)	Justus Annunen	1-year	[139]
	Jack Johnson	1-year	[140]
July 17, 2023 (2023-07-17)	Ross Colton	4-year	[141]
July 25, 2023 (2023-07-25)	Nikolai Kovalenko	2-year†	[142]
July 26, 2023 (2023-07-26)	Ben Meyers	1-year	[143]
August 18, 2023 (2023-08-18)	Matt Stienburg	2-year†	[144]
October 6, 2023 (2023-10-06)	Saige Weinstein	3-year†	[145]
October 13, 2023 (2023-10-13)	Devon Toews	7-year‡	[146]
November 12, 2023 (2023-11-12)	Joel Kiviranta	1-year	[147]
March 5, 2024 (2024-03-05)	Ivan Ivan	2-year‡	[148]
March 7, 2024 (2024-03-07)	Jeremy Hanzel	3-year†	[149]
March 26, 2024 (2024-03-26)	Justus Annunen	2-year	[150]
June 13, 2024 (2024-06-13)	Jere Innala	1-year†	[151]
June 25, 2024 (2024-06-25)	Casey Mittelstadt	3-year	[152]

Draft picks

See also: List of Colorado Avalanche draft picks

Below are the Avalanche's selections at the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 28 to 29, 2023, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.

Round	#	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team (League)
1	27	Calum Ritchie	C	Canada	Oshawa Generals (OHL)
	31	Mikhail Gulyayev	D	Russia	Avangard Omsk (KHL)
5	155	Nikita Ishimnikov	D	Russia	JHC Avto (MHL)
6	187	Jeremy Hanzel	D	Canada	Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL)
7	219	Maros Jedlicka	C	Slovakia	HKM Zvolen (Slovak Extraliga)

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