Colorado Avalanche pipeline

The Colorado Avalanche's farm system is currently ranked 28th by Puck Pipeline. This is the kind of trade-off you are willing to take when you win a Stanley Cup. Colorado, however, will need to add depth to their thinning forward core, especially with the uncertainty regarding Valeri Nichushkin and Gabriel Landeskog. Due to cap constraints, Colorado will be dependant on a kid or two breaking-through and making an impact in the middle-six. 2024 Gagarin Cup MVP winner Ilya Nabokov has become a tantalizing asset for Colorado, a team that may need an upgrade between the pipes in the near future. 

Colorado Avalanche top prospects

1. Gavin Brindley (RW) 🇺🇸 University of Michigan NCAA - (2nd R, 34th ovr 2023, CBJ to COL)

2. Ilya Nabokov (G) 🇷🇺 Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL - (2nd R, 38th ovr 2024, COL)

3. Oskar Olausson (LW) 🇸🇪 Colorado Eagles AHL - (1st R, 28th ovr 2021, COL)

4. Mikhail Gulyayev (D) 🇷🇺 Avangard Omsk KHL - (1st R, 31st ovr 2023, COL)

5. Sean Behrens (D) 🇺🇸 University of Denver NCAA - (2nd R, 61st ovr 2021, COL)

6. Jonathan Castagna (C) 🇨🇦 Cornell University NCAA - (3rd R, 75th ovr 2020, COL)

7. Chase Bradley (LW) 🇺🇸 Colorado Eagles AHL - (7th R, 203rd ovr 2020, DET to COL)

8. Christian Humphreys (C) 🇺🇸 USNTDP - (7th R, 215th ovr 2024, COL)

9. Jean-Luc Foudy (C) 🇨🇦 Colorado Eagles AHL - (3rd R, 75th ovr 2020, COL)

10. Trent Miner (G) 🇨🇦 Utah Grizzlies ECHL - (7th R, 202nd ovr 2019, COL)

11. Nikita Prishchepov (LW) 🇷🇺 Victoriaville Tigres QMJHL - (7th R, 217th ovr 2024, COL)

12. Maxmilian Curran (C) 🇨🇿 Tri-City Americans WHL - (5th R, 161st ovr 2024, COL)

13. Ivan Ivan (C) 🇨🇿 Colorado Eagles AHL - (signed, COL)

14. William Zellers (F) 🇺🇸 Shattuck St. Mary's USHS-Prep - (3rd R, 76th ovr 2024, COL)

15. Ivan Yunin (G) 🇷🇺 Omskie Yastreby MHL - (5th R, 137th ovr 2024, COL)

16. Tory Pitner (D) 🇺🇸 Youngstown Phantoms USHL - (6th R, 185th ovr 2024, COL)

17. Jake Fisher (F) 🇺🇸 Fargo Force USHL - (4th R, 121st ovr 2024, COL)

18. Chris Romaine (D) 🇺🇸 Green Bay Gamblers USHL - (6th R, 193rd ovr 2022, COL)

19. Cooper Gay (RW) 🇺🇸 University of St. Thomas NCAA - (signed, COL)

20. Louka Cloutier (G) 🇨🇦 Chicago Steel USHL - (5th R, 134th ovr 2024, COL)

21. Isak Posch (G) 🇸🇪 St. Cloud State University NCAA - (signed, COL)

22. Nikita Ishimnikov (D) 🇷🇺 Gornyak-UGMK VHL - (5th R, 155th ovr 2023, COL)

23. Zakhar Bardakov (C) 🇷🇺 SKA St. Petersburg KHL - (7th R, 203rd ovr 2021, NJD to COL)