Colorado Avalanche and the 2021 NHL Draft

Photo by Mike Stobe/NHLI via Getty ImagesAnother year has come and gone, and the Avalanche are back to square one after a disappointing end to the season. This year the Avalanche have to prepare for the Seattle expansion draft and then a draft class where much of the talent, especially from Canada, didn’t not play much or at all.

The WHL played 24 games, the OHL played none. The QMJHL tried to play a full season, but was filled with shutdowns and restarts. In the end, the teams in the Q played between 26 to 40 games. The USHL played around 52 games each with Chicago coming out as the Champions. NCAA got going in November and managed to finish the season. And Europe had varying degrees of…