Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Lokacin 2000/01 shine mafi kyawun lokacin da ƙungiyar ta taɓa samu saboda wasan ban mamaki da mai zira kwallaye mafi girma a tarihin Avalanche, Joe Sakic. Avalanche ya lashe Rukunin Arewa maso Yamma kuma ya kama Kofin Shugaba na biyu bayan ya gama kakar wasa ta 52 <unk> 16 <unk> 10 <unk> 4 don maki 118. Sakic ya gama kakar wasa ta yau da kullun tare da maki 118 (ƙwallaye 54 da tallafi 64), uku kawai a bayan maki 121 na Jaromir Jagr. A ranar 4 ga Fabrairu, 2001, Avalanche ya karbi bakuncin wasan NHL na 51 na All-Star. Patrick Roy, Ray Bourque da Joe Sakic sun taka leda a kungiyar Arewacin Amurka, wanda ya lashe 14<unk>12 a kan kungiyar Duniya, wanda ya nuna Milan Hejduk da Peter Forsberg. Duk sai dai Hejduk sun kasance wani ɓangare na farawa. Kafin wasan karshe, Avalanche sun sayi tauraron mai kare Rob Blake da kuma Steven Reinprecht daga Los Angeles Kings a musayar Adam Deadmarsh, Aaron Miller da kuma zagayen farko
Zaɓin shekara ta 2001.