The Avs still have seven spots to wait out to make their selection with solid picks like Lawson Crouse, Ivan Provorov, Mikko Rantanen, Zach Werenski and Timo Meier hopefully still left on the board. If the Avs can land any of those picks, they will have a successful first round. However, there is something that could infringe on a nice and quiet draft night: trades.
There have been rumors of trades being the focus of the draft for weeks now. The Ryan O’Reilly trade is one of the hot topics. With the Avs securing a five-year contract with Carl Soderberg, O’Reilly could be out of Colorado by the weekend.