Top 5 best drafts in Colorado Avalanche History

Yesterday, we took a look at some of the worst draft classes the Colorado Avalanche have accumulated since moving to Denver in 1995. Today, we’re flipping the negativity on its ear and looking through the draft classes that were the best for the Avalanche. As a note, I’m not considering it a negative if the player’s greatest success doesn’t come with the Avalanche. These are simply the draft classes that produced the best NHL results.

Honoroable Mention – 2015

Mikko Rantanen (1st), A.J. Greer (2nd), Nicolas Meloche (2nd), J.C. Beaudin (3rd), Andrei Mironov (4th), Sergei Boikov (6th), Gustav Olhaver (7th)

There were a few people who mentioned last year’s draft class as a potential for this…