The Colorado Avalanche finished out the 2019 NHL Draft with three selections, one each in rounds five to seven.
The Colorado Avalanche completed their 2019 NHL draft haul by choosing three players in the final three rounds. In all, Colorado had eight picks in this year’s draft:
#4 (from Ottawa)
#16
#47
#63 (also from Ottawa)
#78
#140
#171
#202
Of course, the Avs had two selections in the first round. The first was from Ottawa and, again, it should have been the first-overall because the Senators finished dead last. Alas, we fell to fourth-overall again.
It’s ok, though, because the Chicago Blackhawks surprisingly selected Kirby Dach. That left us with the top-rated defenseman in the draft, Bowen Byram.
With the second selection of the first round, Colorado didn’t get as lucky — Cole Caufield was dropping fast, but Montreal snapped him up at #15. However, they still got a very good player in center Alex Newhook.
Drafting got a little wonky in the middle. While their #47 pick, Drew Helleson, wasn’t completely off the board, they were stretching a little low. With #63, Matthew Stienburg, they went way off board. To the point I think they got their third and fifth rounders mixed up.
Word on the street (AJ Haefele of BSN) is the Blues may have stolen the player, center Nikita Alexandrov, Colorado really wanted at #62. Maybe the Predators took their favored second-rounder, Egor Afanasyev.
With their #140 selection, they picked right wing Sasha Mutala. They were back on the board. At #171, Colorado selected an overage player, Luka Burzan, another forward. They finished off with a good goalie prospects, Trent Miner.