It was a busier offseason for the Colorado Avalanche than it might have seemed.
On the surface, the Avs did not make a lot of dramatic moves to alter the composition of a roster Colorado executives felt was good enough to win the Stanley Cup in early April. That doesn’t mean there weren’t a lot of changes, particularly behind the scenes, nor that the Avalanche is definitely done with its offseason shopping.
There was external pressure to shake up the Avs’ DNA after a third-straight early exit from the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but Joe Sakic and Chris MacFarland felt this group — transformed dramatically throughout last season with little time to congeal before the playoffs — deserved another chance.