Past Avalanche Drafts (Round 2)

by David Driscoll-Carignan on Jun 23, 2009 10:51 AM MDT in NHL News

And here we go with Round 2. As AD pointed out today, the Avalanche have a lot of flame outs here with just Paul Stastny and Peter Budaj having reached the 100-game barrier (although it's still a little early to judge a lot of the recent selections). The Avs have had at least 2 second round picks in each draft going back to 2005 and they indeed go into this year's draft with two picks (33 and 49).

Year	Rnd	Ov	Player	Amateur Team	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	Notables (Overall)
2008	2	50	Cameron Gaunce	Miss. St. Michael's (OHL)							None
2008	2	61	Peter Delmas	Lewiston (QMJHL)							None
2007	2	45	Colby Cohen	Lincoln (USHL)							None
2007	2	49	Trevor Cann	Peterborough (OHL)							None
2007	2	55	T.J. Galiardi	Dartmouth (ECAC)	11	3	1	4	-4	6	None
2006	2	51	Nigel Williams	USA U-18 (USDP)							None
2006	2	59	Codey Burki	Brandon (WHL)							Cal Clutterbuck (72)
2005	2	34	Ryan Stoa	USA U-18							M.E. Vlasic (35)
2005	2	44	Paul Stastny	U. of Denver	193	63	122	185	17	88	G. Latandresse (45)
2005	2	47	Tom Fritsche	Ohio State							Mason Raymond (51)
2005	2	52	Chris Durand	Seattle							Kris Letang (62)
2004	2	55	Victor Oreskovich	Green Bay							Nick Grossman (56)
2003	2	63	David Liffiton	Plymouth	3	0	0	0	1	9	Dan Carcillo (73)
2002	2	61	Johnny Boychuk	Calgary	5	0	0	0	1	0	Tom Fleishchmann (63)
2001	2	63	Peter Budaj	St. Michael's	182	81	65	21	2.75	0.902	Brendan Bell (65)
2000	2	47	Jared Aulin	Kamloops	17	2	2	4	-3	0	Andrea Lilja (54)
2000	2	50	Sergei Soin	Krylja Sovetov							Antoine Vermette (55)
2000	2	63	Agris Saviels	Owen Sound							Mikael Tellqvist (70)
1999	2	45	Martin Grenier	Quebec	18	1	0	1	-1	14	Adam Hall (52)
1998	2	28	Ramzi Abid	Chicoutimi	68	14	16	30	-11	78	Jonathan Cheechoo (29)
1998	2	38	Philippe Sauve	Rimouski	32	10	14	3	3.45	0.888	John Erskine (39)
1998	2	53	Steve Moore	Harvard	69	5	7	12	-9	41	Tyler Bouck (57)
1997	2	53	Graham Belak	Edmonton							Jani Hurme (58)
1996	2	51	Yuri Babenko	Moscow, CIS	3	0	0	0	0	0	Zdeno Chara (56)
1995	2	51	Nic Beaudoin	Detroit							Brad Larsen (53)

When I looked at the Avs draft history last year, I found that Avalanche 2nd rounders had the least number of NHL games of any of the first 7 rounds. I'm going to tally those numbers again later this week, but it appears that the 601 NHL games from Colorado's 2nd rounders, this is still traditionally the weakest round for the team. Oddly, with all the busts there doesn't appear to be a lot of missed talent where the Avalanche picked, although Yuri Babenko taken just 4 picks ahead of Zdeno Chara certainly stings.

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it would be interesting to see how many games Steve Moore would have if he add not been forced out of the game…
Still that might only be a third player with 100 games which would improve the average all that much.

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by Americanario on Jun 23, 2009 11:59 AM MDT reply actions

Yeah, it certainly seemed Steve Moore was developing into a nice energy center, a guy who could play pivot on a third or fourth line and drive the opposition crazy with energy and hits while throwing in an occasional goal. I think he would have carved out a nice little niche in the NHL. But you’re certainly right, that would only be one more 100-gamer. Dater is absolutely right: this year is crucial. This has to be a boffo draft if we expect to fast-track the rebuilding movement.

by The Extra Attacker on Jun 23, 2009 12:46 PM MDT up reply actions

Agree completely about Moore

I thought he was becoming a pretty decent 3rd line center when Berdouchie ended his career. Decent hitter, decent speed, average size and wasn’t afraid to mix it up in front of the net.

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by Bob in Boulder on Jun 23, 2009 1:33 PM MDT up reply actions

our fortunes appear to have changed a bit in 2005

since then we have only 3 real long shot NHL players, Fritsche, Burki, and Durand. Stastny of course is awesome, and Stoa and Galiardi are sure bets imo. Williams, Cohen and Gaunce all look like pretty decent bets for the NHL in the next couple years too, and Cann and Delmas are still unknowns.

by thedoctor on Jun 23, 2009 1:42 PM MDT reply actions

I like Burki personally

But yeah, he’s a long-shot for the NHL. Especially with the talent pool around him.

Durand and Fritshce I had to research for any info on them.

The others you listed I agree with completely. I’m stoked to see more of Stoa this coming year.

I’d also say Cann has a decent-ish chance to make the back-up position a couple years down the road. Not sure about Delmas at all.

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by Drakenlot on Jun 24, 2009 1:49 PM MDT up reply actions

I got a chance to see Ramzi Abid when he played here in the AHL for the Chicago Wolves. Talented guy for the most part, but LAAAAAAAZY and selfish on the ice. He wasn’t talented enough for that…

by chiavsfan on Jun 23, 2009 2:15 PM MDT reply actions