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Morning Flurries: Draft picks, RFAs and Qualifying Offers

After what felt like the longest second round in the history of professional sports drafting, the 2020 NHL Entry Draft is now in the books. For only the second time in the last six years, the Colorado Avalanche were didn’t have a pick in the top-10. Despite that, Joe Sakic and his front office were able to add two very high-end prospects to the organization in Justin Barron and Jean-Luc Foudy. All in all, the Avs have added five new faces to their prospect pool.

Check out our review of each pick here:

The biggest surprises during the draft, though - outside of the exorbitant lengths of time that each GM used to make their selections - were the number of non-qualified players who will be hitting the open market on Friday.