ku dhammee oraahdan soo socota: xilli ciyaareedka ka baxsan, Colorado waxay heshay labo doorasho wareega koowaad. Jow Sakic oo horey u ahaan jiray xiddiga weyn ee Avalanche ayaa xilkiisa ugu horeeyay u qabtay gudoomiye ku xigeenka cusub iyo la taliyaha howlaha hockey ee naadiga. Markii ugu horeysay ee ay doortaan, kaalinta labaad ee guud, waxay doorteen Gabriel Landeskog, kabtanka da'da yar ee kooxda Ontario Hockey League ee Kitchener Rangers. Marka labaad, waxay doorteen difaaca Duncan Siemens 11aad ee guud ahaan, xulashada laga soo iibsaday St. Louis Blues ee ganacsiga muranka dhaliyay ee soo diray awoodda hore Chris Stewart, rajada ugu sareysa ee Kevin Shattenkirk iyo wareega labaad ee loo doorto Blues si loogu beddelo wareega koowaad, halyeeyga Jay McClement iyo
2006 kii xulashadii koowaad ee guud, Erik Johnson. Dib-u-habeyn buuxda oo lagu sameeyay booska goolka ayaa Peter Budaj u diray Montreal Canadiens iyo Brian Elliott St. Louis, Elliott waxaa laga soo iibsaday Ottawa Senators Craig Anderson intii lagu jiray hoos u dhaca kooxda xilli ciyaareedkii hore. Goolhayaha Semyon Varlamov waxaa laga wareejiyay Colorado oo ka yimid Washington Capitals si loogu badalo doorashada koowaad iyo labaad, halka netminder-ka qadiimiga ah iyo horyaalkii Conn Smythe Trophy ee Jean-Sebastien Giguere loo saxiixay inuu yahay wakiil bilaash ah isagoo rajeynaya inuu tababare u noqdo Varlamov-ka da'da yar. Duncan Siemens waxaa dib loogu celiyay kooxdiisa weyn ee yar yar, Saskatoon Blades xerada, halka Gabriel Landeskog uu sameeyay liiska habeenkii furitaanka ee ka dhanka ah Detroit Red Wings Oktoobar 8, 2011, oo ku taal Pepsi Center. Adam Deadmarsh waxaa laga dalacsiiyay tababaraha fiidiyowga / horumarka oo loo magacaabay tababare ku-xigeenka weerarka ka dib markii Steve Konowalchuk uu aqbalay shaqo tababare oo horyaal ah.