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The Avalanche announced 4 more cuts today, bringing the roster down to 27. We already knew that G Trevor Cann was one (he played for Lake Erie yesterday). Also getting cut were forwards Patrick Bordeleau and Brad Malone and defenseman Tyson Barrie. Barrie and Malone both had a strong showing this fall but were facing tough odds to supplant a veteran to make the roster. The Avs have more moves to make to get down to the 23-man active roster limit by opening night. We don't know for sure, but if we had to guess the Avs will get down to 23 by reassigning Stefan Elliott and Mark Olver and placing Kyle Cumiskey and Brandon Yip on the IR. [Update: apparently Mark Olver is injured as well]
Goalies
Things are settled here and went exactly as anticipated. Semyon Varlamov and J.S. Giguere go into opening night as the two roster goalies.
| # | Age | Ht | Wt | NHL Exp | AHL Exp | 2011? | Waivers? | 1-way? | ||
| 1 | Semyon Varlamov | 23 | 6'2 | 209 | 59 | 33 | NHL / AHL | Yes | ||
| 35 | J.S. Giguere | 34 | 6'1 | 202 | 525 | 134 | NHL / AHL | Yes | Yes | |
| Cuts | ||||||||||
| 60 | Sami Aittokallio | 19 | 6'1 | 174 | 0 | 0 | Finland | |||
| 64 | Calvin Pickard | 19 | 6'1 | 195 | 0 | 0 | WHL | |||
| 30 | Cedrick Desjardins | 26 | 6'0 | 192 | 2 | 116 | Lake Erie | Yes | ||
| 31 | Trevor Cann | 22 | 5'11 | 199 | 0 | 20 | Lake Erie | |||
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Defense
There are currently 9 defensemen on the roster. This includes Kyle Cumiskey who has had a somewhat curious camp. After playing in the Burgundy & White game, he seemed to disappear. It was reported that he wasn't injured, and then it was reported that he had a groin injury. The Avs probably need to reduce the roster by 2 here. My prediction: Cumiskey to IR and Elliott to Lake Erie.
| # | LD | Age | Ht | Wt | NHL Exp | AHL Exp | 2011? | Waivers? | 1-way? | |
| 8 | Jan Hejda | 33 | 6'4 | 237 | L | 341 | 5 | NHL / AHL | Yes | Yes |
| 27 | Kyle Quincey | 26 | 6'2 | 207 | L | 185 | 201 | NHL / AHL | Yes | Yes |
| 5 | Shane O'Brien | 28 | 6'3 | 230 | L | 379 | 214 | NHL / AHL | Yes | Yes |
| 44 | Ryan Wilson | 24 | 6'1 | 207 | L | 128 | 71 | NHL / AHL | Yes | Yes |
| 22 | Matt Hunwick | 26 | 5'11 | 190 | L | 215 | 58 | NHL / AHL | Yes | Yes |
| 10 | Kyle Cumiskey | 26 | 5'10 | 185 | L | 132 | 96 | NHL / AHL | Yes | |
| Cuts | ||||||||||
| 63 | Stephen Silas | 19 | 6'1 | 183 | L | 0 | 0 | OHL | ||
| 61 | Gabriel Beaupre | 18 | 6'2 | 195 | L | 0 | 0 | QMJHL | ||
| 59 | Dillon Donnelly | 18 | 6'2 | 193 | L | 0 | 0 | QMJHL | ||
| 2 | Joel Chouinard | 21 | 6'1 | 186 | L | 0 | 35 | Lake Erie | ||
| 4 | David Liffiton | 27 | 6'2 | 210 | L | 7 | 266 | Lake Erie | Yes | |
| 25 | Duncan Siemens | 18 | 6'3 | 200 | L | 0 | 0 | WHL | ||
| 24 | Cameron Gaunce | 21 | 6'1 | 203 | L | 11 | 61 | NHL / AHL | ||
| # | RD | Age | Ht | Wt | NHL Exp | AHL Exp | 2011? | Waivers? | 1-way? | |
| 6 | Erik Johnson | 23 | 6'4 | 232 | R | 225 | 1 | NHL / AHL | Yes | Yes |
| 3 | Ryan O'Byrne | 27 | 6'5 | 234 | R | 192 | 118 | NHL / AHL | Yes | Yes |
| 46 | Stefan Elliott | 20 | 6'1 | 190 | R | 0 | 0 | NHL / AHL | ||
| Cuts | ||||||||||
| 57 | Mike Brennan | 25 | 6'0 | 205 | R | 0 | 208 | Lake Erie | ||
| 62 | Troy Rutkowski | 19 | 6'2 | 208 | R | 0 | 0 | WHL | ||
| 36 | Jonas Holos | 24 | 5'11 | 196 | R | 39 | 17 | Lake Erie | ||
| 41 | Tyson Barrie | 20 | 5'10 | 190 | R | 0 | 0 | Lake Erie |
Forwards
Brandon Yip will probably start the season on IR, which resolves one of the two cuts here. Mark Olver is probably the other cut
| # | Left Wing | Age | Ht | Wt | NHL Exp | AHL Exp | 2011? | Waivers? | 1-way? | |
| 88 | Peter Mueller | 23 | 6'2 | 204 | R | 222 | 0 | NHL / AHL | Yes | Yes |
| 39 | T.J. Galiardi | 23 | 6'2 | 190 | L | 116 | 67 | NHL / AHL | Yes | Yes |
| 92 | Gabriel Landeskog | 18 | 6'1 | 204 | L | 0 | 0 | NHL / OHL | ||
| 28 | Joakim Lindstrom | 28 | 6'0 | 187 | L | 81 | 200 | NHL / AHL | Yes | Yes |
| 55 | Cody McLeod | 27 | 6'2 | 210 | L | 273 | 133 | NHL / AHL | Yes | Yes |
| 40 | Mark Olver | 23 | 5'10 | 170 | L | 18 | 64 | NHL / AHL | ||
| Cuts | ||||||||||
| 15 | Zach Cohen | 24 | 6'3 | 208 | L | 0 | 73 | Lake Erie | ||
| 43 | Justin Mercier | 24 | 5'11 | 190 | L | 9 | 144 | Lake Erie | ||
| 11 | Patrick Rissmiller | 33 | 6'4 | 225 | L | 192 | 474 | Lake Erie | Yes | |
| 29 | Ryan Stoa | 24 | 6'3 | 200 | L | 37 | 102 | Lake Erie | ||
| 58 | Patrick Bordeleau | 25 | 6'6 | 225 | L | 0 | 147 | Lake Erie | Yes | |
| 42 | Brad Malone | 22 | 6'2 | 207 | L | 0 | 0 | Lake Erie | ||
| # | Center | Age | Ht | Wt | NHL Exp | AHL Exp | 2011? | Waivers? | 1-way? | |
| 26 | Paul Stastny | 25 | 6'0 | 205 | 348 | 0 | NHL / AHL | Yes | Yes | |
| 9 | Matt Duchene | 20 | 5'11 | 200 | L | 161 | 0 | NHL / AHL | Yes | |
| 37 | Ryan O'Reilly | 20 | 6'0 | 200 | L | 155 | 0 | NHL / AHL | Yes | |
| 16 | Jay McClement | 28 | 6'1 | 205 | L | 473 | 159 | NHL / AHL | Yes | Yes |
| Cuts | ||||||||||
| 38 | Joey Hishon | 20 | 5'10 | 170 | L | 0 | 0 | Lake Erie | ||
| 14 | Mike Carman | 23 | 6'0 | 180 | L | 0 | 79 | Lake Erie | ||
| 67 | Garrett Muers | 18 | 5'11 | 169 | R | 0 | 0 | OHL | ||
| 47 | Evan Brophey | 25 | 6'2 | 199 | L | 1 | 299 | Lake Erie | Yes | |
| # | Right Wing | Age | Ht | Wt | NHL Exp | AHL Exp | 2011? | Waivers? | 1-way? | |
| 23 | Milan Hejduk | 35 | 6'0 | 190 | R | 910 | 0 | NHL / AHL | Yes | Yes |
| 54 | David Jones | 27 | 6'2 | 210 | R | 167 | 45 | NHL / AHL | Yes | Yes |
| 34 | Dan Winnik | 26 | 6'2 | 210 | L | 282 | 78 | NHL / AHL | Yes | Yes |
| 17 | Chuck Kobasew | 29 | 6'0 | 190 | R | 473 | 127 | NHL / AHL | Yes | Yes |
| 12 | Kevin Porter | 25 | 6'0 | 190 | L | 128 | 98 | NHL / AHL | Yes | Yes |
| 18 | Brandon Yip | 26 | 6'1 | 195 | R | 109 | 6 | NHL / AHL | Yes | Yes |
| Cuts | ||||||||||
| 20 | Greg Mauldin | 29 | 5'11 | 195 | R | 36 | 406 | Lake Erie | Yes | |
| 7 | David van der Gulik | 28 | 5'10 | 173 | L | 12 | 345 | Lake Erie | Yes | |
| 45 | Luke Walker | 21 | 6'1 | 174 | R | 0 | 75 | Lake Erie |