Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva yemwaka, 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 zvachose, sarudzo yakawanikwa kubva kuSt. Louis Blues mukutengeserana kunopokana kwakatumira simba-mberi Chris Stewart, tarisiro yepamusoro kwenguva refu Kevin Shattenkirk uye sarudzo yechipiri-kutenderera kuBlues mukutsinhana kwavo kwekutanga-kutenderera, veteran Jay McClement uye 2006
aimbova wokutanga, Erik Johnson. Kugadziriswa kwakakwana kwechinzvimbo chegoal-tending chakatumira Peter Budaj kuMontreal Canadiens naBrian Elliott 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.