Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A lokacin bazara, Colorado yana da zagaye na farko na zagaye na biyu. Kasancewa a shirin, tsohon Avalanche mai girma Joe Sakic ya yi aikinsa na farko a matsayin sabon mataimakin gwamnan kuma mai ba da shawara na ayyukan hockey na kulob din. Tare da zaɓin farko, na biyu gaba ɗaya, sun zaɓi Gabriel Landeskog, matashin kyaftin na Kitchener Rangers na Ontario Hockey League. Na biyu, sun zaɓi mai kare Duncan Siemens na 11 a gaba ɗaya, zaɓin da aka samo daga St. Louis Blues a cikin cinikin da aka yi jayayya wanda ya aika da iko-gaba Chris Stewart, babban hangen nesa na dogon lokaci Kevin Shattenkirk da zagaye na biyu zuwa Blues a musayar zagaye na farko, tsohon soja Jay McClement da 2006
tsohon zaɓaɓɓen farko, Erik Johnson. Cikakken gyare-gyare a matsayin mai tsaron gida ya aika da Peter Budaj zuwa Montreal Canadiens da Brian Elliott zuwa St. Louis, Elliott da aka samu daga Ottawa Senators don Craig Anderson a lokacin da kungiyar ta ragu a kakar wasan da ta gabata. An yi amfani da mai tsaron gidan Semyon Varlamov zuwa Colorado daga Washington Capitals a musayar na farko da na biyu, yayin da tsohon dan wasan netminder da tsohon Conn Smythe Trophy mai nasara Jean-Sebastien Giguere ya sanya hannu a matsayin dan wasa mai 'yanci da fatan zai jagoranci matasa Varlamov. An aika Duncan Siemens zuwa babbar kungiyarsa ta matasa, Saskatoon Blades a sansanin, yayin da Gabriel Landeskog ya sanya jerin sunayen dare na farko da Detroit Red Wings a ranar 8 ga Oktoba, 2011, a Pepsi Center. Adam Deadmarsh ya tashi daga kocin bidiyo / ci gaba zuwa mataimakin kocin mai kai hari bayan Steve Konowalchuk ya karɓi aiki a matsayin babban koci a ƙaramar ƙungiyar.