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Chris MacFarland - Record as Avalanche GM
July 11 2022- Chris MacFarland promoted to Avalanche GM
July 11 2022 - Joe Sakic promoted to President of Hockey Operations
Organizational Structure (Current)
Executive Staff
- E. Stanley Kroenke - Owner & Chairman
- Josh Kroenke - President & Governor
- Joe Sakic - President of Hockey Operations
- Chris MacFarland - General Manager
- Kevin McDonald - Assistant General Manager
- Anrdrew Wilson - Assistant General manager
- Charlotte Grahame - Vice President Mf Hockey Administration
- Brendan McNicholas - Vice President & Media/Player Relations
Coaching Staff
- Jared Bednar - Head Coach
- Nolan Pratt - Assistant Coach (Defense & PK)
- Ray Bennett - Assistant Coach (Forwards & PP)
- Jussi Parkkila - Goaltending Coach
- Brett Heimlich - Video Coach
- Toby Petersen - Skills Coach
Pro Scouting Staff
- Keith Aucoin - Pro Scout
- Ryan Barr - Pro Scout
- Jim Clark - Pro Scout
- Dan Laperriere - Pro Scout
- Curtis Leschyshyn - Pro Scout
- Bryan Stewart - Pro Scout
Amateur Scouting Staff
- Nick Pryor - Director of Amateur Scouting
- Miroslav Zalesak - Director of European Scouting
- Mike Battaglia - Head College Scout
- Craig Billington - Director of Goaltending Evaluation/Special Prospects
- Brad Smith - Special Assignments / Amateur Scouting
- Alexei Gusarov - Scout - Europe
- Henrik Gradin - Scout - Europe
- Jamie Porter - Scout - Western Canada
- Jerome Mesonero - Scout - Quebec - QMJHL
- Scott Halpenny - Scout - Ontario Canada - OHL
- Neil Shea - Scout - Northeastern US - Based in Boston - NCAA, High School
- Lyle Wingert - Scout - Western Canada - WHL, BCHL
- Jamie Porter - Scout
- Joakim Eriksson - Scout
- Sandis Ozolinsh - Scout
- Rob Riley - Scout
- Andrei Plekhanov - Scout
- Teemu Nurmi - Scout
- Jonas Almtorp - Scout
- Kiana Scott - Scout
- Pavel Francouz - Goaltending Scout
- Mitch Sakic - Assistant Video Scout
Player Development Staff
- Brian Willsie - Director of Player Development
- Steven Reinprecht - Development Coach
- Peter Budaj - Development Goalie Coach
Analytics Staff
- Arik Parnass - Director of Analytics
- Mike Battaglia - Director of Video Scouting
- Dawson Sprigings - Associate Director of Analytics & Lead Data Scientist
- David Wood - Hockey Analyst
- Mitch Sakic - Assistant Video Scout
2022 Off Season
Staff
- Hires Kevin McDonald as Assistant General Manager
- Craig Billington's title changed from Assistant General Manager to Director of Goaltending Evaluation/Special Prospects
- Pro Scout Garth Joy leaves to be Associate Director of Player Personnel and Director of Pro Scouting for NYR
- Hires Scott Harris as Director of Scouting Operations
- Hires Amateur Scout Andrei Plekhanov
- Hires Amateur Scout Sandis Ozolinsh
- Hires Amateur Scout Keith Aucoin
RFA, Pending UFA, and Prospect Signings - One Way
- July 11 - Re-signs pending UFA Valeri Nichushkin - 8 x $6.125
- July 13 - Re-signs pending UFA Darren Helm - 1 x $1.25M
- July 13 - Re-signs pending UFA Josh Manson - 4 x $4.5M
- July 13 - Re-signs RFA Artturi Lehkonen - 5 x $4.5M
RFA, Pending UFA, and Prospect Signings - Two Way
- July 27 - Re-signs RFA Mikail Maltsev - 1 x $800k (NHL) $200k (AHL)
- Aug 17 - Re-signs Shane Bowers - 1 x $750k (NHL) $100k (AHL)
UFA Signings - One Way
- Sep 12 - Signs Evan Rodrigues - 1 x $2M
UFA Signings - Two Way
- July 13 - Signs UFA Charles Hudon to a 1 year deal. $400k in AHL ($450k guaranteed). $750k in NHL
- July 13 - Signs UFA Andreas Englund to a 1 year deal. $200k in AHL ($250k guaranteed). $750k in NHL
- July 13 - Signs UFA Jonas Johansson to a 1 year deal. $350k in AHL. $750k in NHL
- July 13 - Signs Spencer Smallman to a 2 year deal. $350k/$400k in AHL. $762,500 AAV in NHL
- July 13 - Signs Josh Jacobs to a 1 year deal. $265k in AHL. $750 AAV in NHL.
- July 15 - Signs UFA Brad Hunt to a 2 year deal. $400k/$450 in AHL ($450k guaranteed). $762,500 AAV in NHL.
- Aug 03 - Signs Anton Blidh to a 1 year deal. $350k in AHL ($375 guaranteed). $750k in AHL.
Trades
UFA Departures
- Darcy Kuemper - Washington 5 x $5.25M
- Andre Burakovksy - Seattle 5 x $5.5M
- Nicholas Aube-Kubel - Toronto 1 x $1M
- Nico Sturm - San Jose 3 x $2M
2022-23 Season
Staff
Trades
- Dec 19 - Trades Dryden Hunt to Toronto for Denis Malgin
- Jan 25 - Trades Jacob MacDonald and Martin Kaut to SJ for Matt Nieto and Ryan Merkley
- Feb 25 - Trades Shane Bowers to Boston for Keith Kinkaid
- Feb 26 - Trades Andrews Englund to Chicago for Jack Johnson
- Mar 1 - Trades 2025 2nd round pick to Washington for Lars Eller with 31% and $1,085,000 retained
- Mar 3 - Trades Anton Blidh to New York Rangers for Gustav Rydahl
UFA, RFA, Pending UFA, and Prospect Signings
- Nov 28 - Signs Alex Galchenyuk to a 1 year $750k deal
- Mar 30 - Signs undrafted college senior out of Cornell Sam Malinski to a two year ELC. $200k min guaranteed salary. $150k x2 in AHL. Nor performance bonus. $75k x 2 signing bonus and $850k AAV in NHL
- Mar 30 - Signs undrafted college junior out of Minnesota State Ondrej Pavel to a two year ELC. $82.5k x 2 in AHL. $95k x 2 signing bonus. $80k x 2 performance bonus. $950k AAV in NHL.
- Mar 31 - Signs undrafted college senior out of Western Michigan Jason Polin to a one year ELC. $82.5k in AHL. $95k signing bonus. $80k performance bonus. $950k AAV in NHL.
Waivers (notable)
- Oct 19 - Waives Lukas Sedlak - Claimed by Philadelphia
- Oct 20 - Claims Dryden Hunt - New York Rangers
Suspensions and Fines
2023 NHL Draft
Picks
- 1st Round (#27) - Calum Ritchie - C - Right - 6'2" 187lbs - Oshawa Generals [OHL]
- 1st Round (#31) - Mikhail Gulyayev - D - Left - 5'10" 172 lbs - Omskie Yastreby [Rus-MHL]
- 5th Round (#155) - Nikita Ishimnikov - D - Right - 6'3" 194 lbs - Yekaterinburg Auto Jr. [Rus-MHL]
- 6th Round (#187) - Jeremy Hanzel - D - Left - 6'1" 196 lbs - Seattle Thunderbirds [WHL]
- 7th Round (#219) - Maros Jedlicka - C/W - 6'2" 198 lbs - Zvolen HKm [Slovak]
Trades
- None
2023 Off Season
Staff
- AHL Eagles head coach Greg Cronin leaves to be head coach of Anaheim Ducks
- Skills Coach Shawn Allard leaves organization
- Dir. of European Scouting Joni Lehto leaves organization
- Scout John Funk leaves organization
- Promotes former Eagles assistant coach Aaron Schneekloth to head coach of Colorado Eagles
- Amateur Scout Terry Martin leaves organization
- Pro Scout Cody Bass leaves organization
- Hires Rob Riley as Amateur Scout
- Hires Teemu Nurmi as Amateur Scout
- Hires Steve Konowalchuk as Associate Head Coach of Colorado Eagles.
- Hires Toby Petersen as Skills Coach
- Hires Ryan Barr as Pro Scout
RFA, Pending UFA, and Prospect Signings
- May 30 - Re-signs prospect Nate Clurman to a one year two way deal. $100k in AHL and $775k in NHL
- June 6 - Re-signs Wyatt Aamodt to a one year, two way deal. $100k in AHL and $775,000 in NHL.
- Jun 15 - Signs pending UFA Frederic Olofsson to a one year two way deal. $300k in AHL and $775k in NHL
- July 2 - Re-signs prospect Justus Annunen to a one year two way deal. $225k in AHL with a $275k guarantee. $775k in NHL.
- July 17 - Re-signs Ross Colton to a 4 year deal with a $4M AAV.
- July 25 - Sigs prospect Nikolai Kovalenko to a two year ELC. $70k in AHL. $896,250 AAV in NHL with $92,500 signing bonus in both years, and $57,500 performance bonus in second year. Loaned to KHL for their season and will come over to the NHL for the end of the 2023-24 season.
- July 26 - Re-signs Ben Meyers to a one year, one way deal of $775,000.
- Aug 18 - Signs prospect Matthew Stiendberg to a 2 year ELC. $82,500 in the AHL. $950k AAV in NHL. $95,000 signing bonus in both years. $80k performance bonus in first year, $22,500 in second.
UFA Signings - One Way
- July 1 - Signs Miles Wood to a 6 x $2.5M deal
- July 1 - Signs Jonathan Drouin to a 1 x $825k deal
- July 1 - Signs Andrew Cogliano to a 1 x $825k deal
- July 2 - Signs Jack Johnson to a 1 x $775k deal
- Sep 12 - Signs Tomas Tatar to a 1 x $1.5M deal
UFA Signings - Two Way
- July 1 - Signs Corey Schueneman to a 1 year deal. $400k in AHL and $775k in NHL.
- July 1 - Signs Jack Ahcan to a 2 year deal. $400k in AHL and $775k in NHL both years.
- July 1 - Signs Arvid Holm to a 1 year deal. $125k in AHL and $775k in NHL.
- July 1 - Signs Chris Wagner to a 1 year deal. $375k in AHL. $775k in NHL.
- July 1 - Signs Riley Tufte to a 1 year deal. $375k in AHL. $775k in NHL.
Trades
- Jun 15 - Trades future considerations to Dallas for Frederic Olofsson
- Jun 24 - Trades Alex Galchenyuk to Nashville for Ryan Johansen with 50% retained. $4M cap hit
- Jun 27 - Trades Alex Newhook to Montreal for Florida's 2023 1st (#31), Montreal's 2nd (#37), and Gianni Fairbrother
- Jun 28 - Trades recently acquired 2023 2nd round pick from Montreal (#37 - Ethan Gauthier) to Tampa for RFA Ross Colton
- Oct 10 - Trades Cal Burke to Carolina for Caleb Jones
Waivers (notable)
- Sep 28 - Waives Cal Burke
- Oct 7 - Waives Brad Hunt
- Oct 8 - Waives Riley Tufte
- Oct 9 - Claims Ivan Prosvetov from Arizona
UFA Departures
- Erik Johnson - Signs 1 x $3.25M deal with Buffalo
- Evan Rodrigues - Signs 4 x $3M deal with Florida
- Matt Nieto - Signs 2 x $900k deal with Pittsburgh
- Lars Eller - Signs 2 x $2.45M with Pittsburgh
- Jonas Johanson - Signs 2 x $775k with Tampa Bay (one way)
- Mikhail Maltsev - Signs 1 x $775k ($450k in AHL) with LA Kings
2023-24 Season
Staff
Trades
- Oct 10 - Trades Cal Burke to Carolina for Caleb Jones
- Dec 15 - Trades Tomas Tatar to Seattle for a 5th round pick in 2024
- Mar 01 - Trades Kurtis MacDermid to New Jersey for Zakhar Bardakov and Nashville's 2024 7th round pick
- Mar 06 - Trades Ryan Johansen and a top 10 protected 2025 1st round pick, to Philadelphia, for Sean Walker and a 2026 5th round pick
- Mar 06 - Trades Bo Byram to Buffalo for Casey Mittelsdadt
- Mar 07 - Trades 2026 3rd round pick to Minnesota for Brandon Duhaime
- Mar 07 - Trades Jeremy Hanzel and 2025 3rd round pick to Nashville, for Yakov Trenin and Graham Sward
- Mar 08 - Trades Ben Meyers to Anaheim for 2024 5th round pick
UFA, RFA, Pending UFA, and Prospect Signings
- Oct 13 - Signs Devon Toews to 7 x 7.25M deal. Full NMC first two years, then 12 team NTC.
- Nov 12 - Signs Joel Kiviranta to a one year two way deal. $250k in AHL with a $275k guarantee. $775k in NHL.
- Jan 26 - Signs Zach Parise to a one year $825k deal. Pro-rated to $360,938 per Frank Seravalli.
- Mar 26 - Signs Justus Annunen to a one way, two year deal. $800k the first year, $875k the second. $837,500 AAV.
Waivers (notable)
Suspensions and Fines
2024 NHL Draft
Picks
- 2nd Round (#38) - Ilya Nabokov - G - Left - 6'1" 179lbs - Metallurg Magnitogorsk [KHL]
- 3rd Round(#76) - William Sellers - C/W - Left - 5'11" 170lbs - Shattuck St. Mary's [US U18]
- 4th Round (#121) - Jake Fisher - C - Left - 6'2" 192lbs - Fargo [USHL]
- 5th Round (#132) - Louka Cloutier - G - Left - 6'2" 168lbs - Chicago [USHL]
- 5th Round (#137) - Ivan Yunin - G - Left - 6'2" 168lbs - Omskie [MHL]
- 5th Round (#161) - Maxmilian Curran - C - Left - 6'3" 190lbs - Try-City [WHL]
- 6th Round (#185) - Tory Pitner - D - Left - 6'1" 183lbs - Youngstown [USHL]
- 7th Round (#215) - Christian Humphreys - RW/C - Right - 5'11" 170lbs - USNTDP [USHL]
- 7th Round (#217) - Nikita Prishchepov - LW - Left - 6'1" 194lbs - Victoriaville [QMJHL]
Trades
- Jun 28 - Trades 2024 1st (#24 - Cole Beaudoin) to Utah for 2024 2nd (#38 - Ilya Nabokov), 2024 3rd (#71 - ) and 2025 2nd.
- Jun 29 - Trades 2024 3rd (#71 - Brodie Ziemer) to Buffalo for 2024 3rd (#76 - William Sellers) and 2024 5th (#161 - Maxmilian Curran)
2024 Off Season
Staff
Out
- Wade Klippenstein - Director of Amateur Scouting
- Peter Budaj - Goaltending Scout
- Joakim Eriksson - Amateur Scout (Europe)
- Steven Reinprecht - Development Coach
- Casey Bond - Strength Coach
- Andrew Wilson - Assistant General Manager
- Nick Pryor - Director of Amateur Scouting
- Pavel Francouz - Goaltending Scout
- Jonas Almtorp - Amatuer Scout (Europe?)
- Kiana Scott - Amateur Scout
- Jim Clark - Pro Scout
- Bryan Stewart - Pro Scout
- Andrew Cogliano - Development Coach
- Alex Pianosi - Strength Coach
RFA, Pending UFA, and Prospect Signings
- Jun 25 - Signs Casey Mittlesdadt to a three year deal with a $5.75M AAV. No trade protection in first two years. 9 team NTC in third year.
- Jul 08 - Signs Cal Ritchie to a 3 year ELC. $1,191,667 AAV in NHL with a $95k signing bonus, and $125k performance bonus. $82.5k in AHL.
- Sep 23 - Re-signs pending UFA Logan O'Connor to a 6 year deal with a $2.5M AAV.
UFA Signings - One Way
- Jul 01 - Re-signs Jonathan Drouin to a 1 year $2.5M deal, after he became a UFA
- Jul 01 - Re-signs Joel Kiviranta to a 1 year $775k deal, after he became a UFA
- Jul 01 - Signs Calvin De Haan to a 1 year $800k deal
- Jul 01 - Signs Erik Brannstrom to a 1 year $900k deal
- Jul 01 - Signs Parker Kelly to a 2 year deal with an $825k AAV
- Aug 05 - Signs Oliver Kylington to a 1 year $1.05M deal
UFA Signings - Two Way
- Jun 13 - Signs Jere Innala out of Finland. $95k signing bonus and $80k performance bonus. $82.5k in AHL. $950k AAV in NHL.
- Jul 01 - Signs Chase Bradley to a 2 year deal. $775k in NHL with a $97.5k signing bonus, and a $102.5k performance bonus in both years. $85k in AHL.
- Jul 01- Re-signs Wyatt Aamodt to a 1 year deal. $775k in NHL. $130k in AHL.
- Jul 01 - Signs Jacob MacDonald to a 2 year deal. $775k in NHL and $525k in AHL.
- Jul 01 - Signs Calle Rosen to a 1 year deal. $775k in NHL. $500k in AHL.
- Jul 01 - Signs TJ Tynan to a 1 year deal. $775k in NHL. $525k in AHL.
- Jul 01 - Signs Jason Polin to a 1 year deal. $775k in NHL. $100k in AHL.
- Jul 16 - Signs Kevin Mandolese to a 1 year deal. $775k in NHL. $125k in AHL.
- Aug 09 - Signs Matthew Phillips to a 1 year deal. $775k in NHL. $287.5k in AHL.
Trades
- Jul 15 - Trades 2026 6th round pick to Ottawa, for Kevin Mandolese and a 2026 7th round pick
Waivers (notable)
UFA Departures
- Andrew Cogliano - Retired
- Zach Parise - Retired
- Jack Johnson - 1 x $775k (Columbus)
- Sean Walker - 3 x $3.6M (Carolina)
- Yakov Trenin - 4 x $3.5M (Minnesota)
- Brandon Duhaime - 2 x $1.85M (Washington)
- Caleb Jones - 1 x 775k in NHL $425k in AHL (LA Kings)
- Ivan Prosvetov (KHL)
- Fredrik Olofsson - (Switzerland)
Links to Past Threads
Francois Giguerre - Record as Avs GM
Greg Sherman & Co - Record as Avs GM
Joe Sakic - Record as Avs GM
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