Earlier today, the Avalanche reduced their roster to 48 (44 active and 4 injured players), giving me a chance to update the ongoing roster battles. None of the cuts were a surprise (in fact they had all been listed at the bottom of the respective depth chart in my preview). Several of the lower-ranked players will be playing in Dallas tomorrow night, giving them a final bit of experience and exposure before being reassigned.
I've tweaked the lists slightly, moving up Brad Malone and Tyson Barrie and italicizing the 4 injured players who have virtually no chance to make the active roster. In fact they aren't listed on the Avs' roster...but they haven't been formally reassigned yet (to my knowledge)
| # | 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 | |
| 30 | Cedrick Desjardins | 26 | 6'0 | 192 | 2 | 116 | NHL / AHL | Yes | ||
| 31 | Trevor Cann | 22 | 5'11 | 199 | 0 | 20 | NHL / AHL | |||
| 64 | Calvin Pickard | 19 | 6'1 | 195 | 0 | 0 | WHL | |||
| Cuts | ||||||||||
| 60 | Sami Aittokallio | 19 | 6'1 | 174 | 0 | 0 | Finland | |||
| # | 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 | |
| 24 | Cameron Gaunce | 21 | 6'1 | 203 | L | 11 | 61 | NHL / AHL | ||
| 2 | Joel Chouinard | 21 | 6'1 | 186 | L | 0 | 35 | NHL / AHL | ||
| 4 | David Liffiton | 27 | 6'2 | 210 | L | 7 | 266 | NHL / AHL | Yes | |
| 25 | Duncan Siemens | 18 | 6'3 | 200 | L | 0 | 0 | WHL | ||
| 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 | ||
| # | 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 | ||
| 41 | Tyson Barrie | 20 | 5'10 | 190 | R | 0 | 0 | NHL / AHL | ||
| 36 | Jonas Holos | 24 | 5'11 | 196 | R | 39 | 17 | 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 | ||
| # | 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 |
| 29 | Ryan Stoa | 24 | 6'3 | 200 | L | 37 | 102 | NHL / AHL | ||
| 42 | Brad Malone | 22 | 6'2 | 207 | L | 0 | 0 | NHL / AHL | ||
| 40 | Mark Olver | 23 | 5'10 | 170 | L | 18 | 64 | NHL / AHL | ||
| 58 | Patrick Bordeleau | 25 | 6'6 | 225 | L | 0 | 147 | NHL / AHL | Yes | |
| 43 | Justin Mercier | 24 | 5'11 | 190 | L | 9 | 144 | NHL / AHL | ||
| 11 | Patrick Rissmiller | 33 | 6'4 | 225 | L | 192 | 474 | NHL / AHL | Yes | |
| Cuts | ||||||||||
| 15 | Zach Cohen | 24 | 6'3 | 208 | L | 0 | 73 | 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 |
| 38 | Joey Hishon | 20 | 5'10 | 170 | L | 0 | 0 | NHL / AHL | ||
| 14 | Mike Carman | 23 | 6'0 | 180 | L | 0 | 79 | NHL / AHL | ||
| 47 | Evan Brophey | 25 | 6'2 | 199 | L | 1 | 299 | NHL / AHL | Yes | |
| 67 | Garrett Muers | 18 | 5'11 | 169 | R | 0 | 0 | OHL | ||
| # | 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 |
| 20 | Greg Mauldin | 29 | 5'11 | 195 | R | 36 | 406 | NHL / AHL | Yes | |
| 7 | David van der Gulik | 28 | 5'10 | 173 | L | 12 | 345 | NHL / AHL | Yes | |
| 45 | Luke Walker | 21 | 6'1 | 174 | R | 0 | 75 | NHL / AHL |