Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Munguva yemwaka usiri wemwaka, Colorado yakanga ine mapiki maviri okutanga. Aripo pakunyorwa, aimbova mukuru weAvalanche Joe Sakic akashanda mabasa ake okutanga semutungamiriri mutsva uye chipangamazano wezvekushanda kwehockey yekirabhu. Nechisarudzo chavo chokutanga, chechipiri chose chose, vakasarudza Gabriel Landeskog, kaputeni muduku weOntario Hockey League's Kitchener Rangers. Chechipiri, vakasarudza mudziviriri Duncan Siemens wechi11 chose chose, chisarudzo chakawanikwa kubva kuSt.
2006 aimbova wokutanga kusarudza, Erik Johnson. Kugadziriswa kwakazara kwenzvimbo yekuchengetedza zvibodzwa kwakatumira Peter Budaj kuenda kuMontreal Canadiens naBrian Elliott kuenda kuSt. Louis, Elliott akawanikwa kubva kuOttawa Senators yaCraig Anderson panguva yekudonha kwechikwata mwaka wapfuura. Goalkeeper Semyon Varlamov akaendeswa kuColorado kubva kuWashington Capitals mukutsinhana kwekutanga uye yechipiri sarudzo, nepo veteran netminder uye aimbove Conn Smythe Trophy anokunda Jean-Sebastien Giguere akasainwa semunhu akasununguka netarisiro yekudzidzisa Varlamov mudiki. Duncan Siemens akatumirwa kudzokera kuchikwata chake chikuru chechidiki, Saskatoon Blades mumusasa, nepo Gabriel Landeskog akaita husiku hwekuvhura roster vachipesana neDetroit Red Wings musi waGumiguru 8, 2011, kuPepsi Center. Adam Deadmarsh akasimudzirwa kubva kumudzidzisi wevhidhiyo / wekusimudzira kuenda kumubatsiri anogumbura mushure mekunge Steve Konowalchuk abvuma basa semurairidzi mukuru muligi diki.