2000–01 Colorado Avalanche season

The 2000–01 Colorado Avalanche season was the franchise's 29th season, 22nd in the National Hockey League, and sixth as the Colorado Avalanche. The Avalanche won their second Stanley Cup by defeating the defending champion New Jersey Devils 4–3 in the Finals. Ray Bourque would be the first and only NHL player to hoist the Stanley Cup prior to the team captain when Joe Sakic handed it to him out of respect for the future Hall of Famer in what proved to be his final game.

2000–01 Colorado Avalanche
Stanley Cup champions
Presidents' Trophy winners
Western Conference champions
Northwest Division champions
Division	1st Northwest
Conference	1st Western
2000–01 record	52–16–10–4
Home record	28–6–5–2
Road record	24–10–5–2
Goals for	270
Goals against	192
Team information
General manager	Pierre Lacroix
Coach	Bob Hartley
Captain	Joe Sakic
Alternate captains	Ray Bourque Peter Forsberg
Arena	Pepsi Center
Average attendance	18,007
Minor league affiliate(s)	Hershey Bears
Team leaders
Goals	Joe Sakic (54)
Assists	Joe Sakic (64)
Points	Joe Sakic (118)
Penalty minutes	Scott Parker (155)
Plus/minus	Joe Sakic (+45)
Wins	Patrick Roy (40)
Goals against average	Patrick Roy (2.21)
← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

This would be the last Stanley Cup title for the Avalanche until 2022.

Off-season

Regular season

• October 14, 2000: In a victory over the expansion Columbus Blue Jackets, Patrick Roy tied Terry Sawchuk for most career wins by a goaltender.^[1]
• October 17, 2000: In an overtime victory over the Washington Capitals, Patrick Roy broke Terry Sawchuk's record for most career wins by a goaltender.^[2]
• October 20, 2000: A pre-game ceremony was held to honour Patrick Roy's 448th career victory. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman presented Roy with a goalie stick dipped in silver. On the stick was engraved the name of every building he ever played in. The names of his children were also on the stick. Governor of Colorado Bill Owens proclaimed October 20 to 26 "Patrick Roy week" in the State of Colorado. Jerry Sawchuk, Terry's son, raised Patrick's arm in the air. The Avalanche defeated the Florida Panthers 5-1 in that game.^[3]

• 

  February 4, 2001: The 2001 National Hockey League All-Star Game took place at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. The final score was North America 14, World 12. Five Avalanche players took part in the game as well as head coach Bob Hartley serving as an assistant coach for the North America team.
• February 13, 2001: Patrick Roy made his first visit to Montreal since breaking Terry Sawchuk's record for most wins by a goaltender. Roy had won 289 games with the Montreal Canadiens, and the Canadiens held a pre-game ceremony for Roy. On that night, the Avalanche defeated the Canadiens in overtime 3-2.^[4]
• March 24, 2001: Ray Bourque returned to Boston one last time as a player. This was also his first and only visit to Boston since being traded to the Avalanche. The Bruins fans gave Bourque a standing ovation as the Avalanche defeated the Bruins 4-2.
• April 8, 2001: Patrick Roy won his 40th game on the season, marking the first and only time in his career he reached that total in a single season.^[4]

Season standings

Northwest Division^[5]

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Colorado Avalanche	82	52	16	10	4	270	192	118
2	6	Edmonton Oilers	82	39	28	12	3	243	222	93
3	8	Vancouver Canucks	82	36	28	11	7	239	238	90
4	11	Calgary Flames	82	27	36	15	4	197	236	73
5	14	Minnesota Wild	82	25	39	13	5	168	210	68

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference^[6]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	52	16	10	4	270	192	118
2	y – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	49	20	9	4	253	202	111
3	y – Dallas Stars	PAC	82	48	24	8	2	241	187	106
4	St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	43	22	12	5	249	195	103
5	San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	40	27	12	3	217	192	95
6	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	39	28	12	3	243	222	93
7	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	38	28	13	3	252	228	92
8	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	36	28	11	7	239	238	90
8.5
9	Phoenix Coyotes	PAC	82	35	27	17	3	214	212	90
10	Nashville Predators	CEN	82	34	36	9	3	186	200	80
11	Calgary Flames	NW	82	27	36	15	4	197	236	73
12	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	29	40	8	5	210	246	71
13	Columbus Blue Jackets	CEN	82	28	39	9	6	190	233	71
14	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	25	39	13	5	168	210	68
15	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	25	41	11	5	188	245	66

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

2000–01 regular season[7]
October: 9–1–2–0 (home: 4–1–0–0; road: 5–0–2–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 October 4, 2000 2–2 OT @ Dallas Stars (2000–01) 0–0–1–0 T 2 October 7, 2000 1–1 OT @ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 0–0–2–0 T 3 October 10, 2000 3–1 @ Calgary Flames (2000–01) 1–0–2–0 W 4 October 12, 2000 5–2 @ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 2–0–2–0 W 5 October 14, 2000 3–1 Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 3–0–2–0 W 6 October 17, 2000 4–3 OT @ Washington Capitals (2000–01) 4–0–2–0 W 7 October 18, 2000 5–1 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 5–0–2–0 W 8 October 20, 2000 5–1 Florida Panthers (2000–01) 6–0–2–0 W 9 October 25, 2000 2–1 OT Nashville Predators (2000–01) 7–0–2–0 W 10 October 26, 2000 2–0 @ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 8–0–2–0 W 11 October 28, 2000 4–2 Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 9–0–2–0 W 12 October 30, 2000 0–4 Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 9–1–2–0 L
November: 8–3–1–0 (home: 7–0–1–0; road: 1–3–0–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 13 November 1, 2000 3–4 @ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 9–2–2–0 L 14 November 3, 2000 5–3 Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 10–2–2–0 W 15 November 7, 2000 2–0 Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 11–2–2–0 W 16 November 9, 2000 3–3 OT St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 11–2–3–0 T 17 November 11, 2000 3–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) 12–2–3–0 W 18 November 13, 2000 3–2 OT Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 13–2–3–0 W 19 November 15, 2000 3–0 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) 14–2–3–0 W 20 November 16, 2000 3–6 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 14–3–3–0 L 21 November 18, 2000 4–6 @ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 14–4–3–0 L 22 November 22, 2000 5–2 Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 15–4–3–0 W 23 November 25, 2000 3–2 OT Calgary Flames (2000–01) 16–4–3–0 W 24 November 29, 2000 2–1 Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 17–4–3–0 W
December: 8–4–2–0 (home: 5–2–2–0; road: 3–2–0–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 25 December 1, 2000 4–2 Dallas Stars (2000–01) 18–4–3–0 W 26 December 3, 2000 6–3 @ New York Rangers (2000–01) 19–4–3–0 W 27 December 5, 2000 1–6 @ New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 19–5–3–0 L 28 December 8, 2000 2–0 @ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 20–5–3–0 W 29 December 9, 2000 4–2 @ Florida Panthers (2000–01) 21–5–3–0 W 30 December 11, 2000 2–2 OT Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01) 21–5–4–0 T 31 December 13, 2000 3–3 OT Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01) 21–5–5–0 T 32 December 15, 2000 3–5 Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 21–6–5–0 L 33 December 19, 2000 0–3 Calgary Flames (2000–01) 21–7–5–0 L 34 December 21, 2000 5–2 Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 22–7–5–0 W 35 December 23, 2000 3–2 OT Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 23–7–5–0 W 36 December 26, 2000 2–5 @ Nashville Predators (2000–01) 23–8–5–0 L 37 December 27, 2000 3–2 Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 24–8–5–0 W 38 December 29, 2000 3–1 Nashville Predators (2000–01) 25–8–5–0 W
January: 10–0–3–1 (home: 4–0–1–0; road: 6–0–2–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 39 January 2, 2001 6–2 Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 26–8–5–0 W 40 January 4, 2001 2–2 OT San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 26–8–6–0 T 41 January 6, 2001 2–2 OT @ Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01) 26–8–7–0 T 42 January 7, 2001 3–4 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 26–8–7–1 OTL 43 January 10, 2001 4–2 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01) 27–8–7–1 W 44 January 12, 2001 5–0 @ Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 28–8–7–1 W 45 January 14, 2001 2–2 OT @ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 28–8–8–1 T 46 January 16, 2001 4–1 New York Islanders (2000–01) 29–8–8–1 W 47 January 18, 2001 7–3 Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 30–8–8–1 W 48 January 20, 2001 2–1 @ San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 31–8–8–1 W 49 January 21, 2001 4–2 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) 32–8–8–1 W 50 January 26, 2001 5–2 Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01) 33–8–8–1 W 51 January 27, 2001 5–1 @ Nashville Predators (2000–01) 34–8–8–1 W 52 January 30, 2001 3–1 @ San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 35–8–8–1 W
February: 5–4–1–1 (home: 3–2–0–1; road: 2–2–1–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 53 February 1, 2001 3–5 @ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01) 35–9–8–1 L 54 February 7, 2001 1–3 Washington Capitals (2000–01) 35–10–8–1 L 55 February 9, 2001 3–5 Calgary Flames (2000–01) 35–11–8–1 L 56 February 10, 2001 3–4 OT St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 35–11–8–2 OTL 57 February 13, 2001 3–2 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01) 36–11–8–2 W 58 February 15, 2001 1–4 @ Ottawa Senators (2000–01) 36–12–8–2 L 59 February 17, 2001 5–5 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01) 36–12–9–2 T 60 February 19, 2001 5–1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01) 37–12–9–2 W 61 February 21, 2001 8–2 Boston Bruins (2000–01) 38–12–9–2 W 62 February 23, 2001 4–1 Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 39–12–9–2 W 63 February 25, 2001 5–2 Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 40–12–9–2 W
March: 10–3–0–2 (home: 4–1–0–1; road: 6–2–0–1) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 64 March 3, 2001 2–3 OT Buffalo Sabres (2000–01) 40–12–9–3 OTL 65 March 4, 2001 5–0 @ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01) 41–12–9–3 W 66 March 6, 2001 4–2 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01) 42–12–9–3 W 67 March 8, 2001 5–2 @ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 43–12–9–3 W 68 March 10, 2001 2–3 OT @ Dallas Stars (2000–01) 43–12–9–4 OTL 69 March 11, 2001 3–2 Dallas Stars (2000–01) 44–12–9–4 W 70 March 13, 2001 3–6 New Jersey Devils (2000–01) 44–13–9–4 L 71 March 17, 2001 5–3 Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 45–13–9–4 W 72 March 18, 2001 4–3 Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 46–13–9–4 W 73 March 20, 2001 4–1 San Jose Sharks (2000–01) 47–13–9–4 W 74 March 22, 2001 3–1 @ St. Louis Blues (2000–01) 48–13–9–4 W 75 March 24, 2001 4–2 @ Boston Bruins (2000–01) 49–13–9–4 W 76 March 28, 2001 1–4 @ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 49–14–9–4 L 77 March 29, 2001 1–0 @ Calgary Flames (2000–01) 50–14–9–4 W 78 March 31, 2001 0–4 @ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01) 50–15–9–4 L
April: 2–1–1–0 (home: 1–0–1–0; road: 1–1–0–0) Game Date Score Opponent Record Recap 79 April 2, 2001 5–3 Edmonton Oilers (2000–01) 51–15–9–4 W 80 April 4, 2001 1–1 OT Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01) 51–15–10–4 T 81 April 7, 2001 3–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01) 51–16–10–4 L 82 April 8, 2001 4–2 @ Minnesota Wild (2000–01) 52–16–10–4 W
Legend: W Win (2 points) L Loss (0 points) T Tie (1 point) OTL Overtime loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2001 Stanley Cup playoffs[7]
Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. (8) Vancouver Canucks – Avalanche win 4–0 Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 April 12, 2001 5–4 Vancouver Canucks Avalanche lead 1–0 W 2 April 14, 2001 2–1 Vancouver Canucks Avalanche lead 2–0 W 3 April 16, 2001 4–3 OT @ Vancouver Canucks Avalanche lead 3–0 W 4 April 18, 2001 5–1 @ Vancouver Canucks Avalanche win 4–0 W
Western Conference Semifinals vs. (7) Los Angeles Kings – Avalanche win 4–3 Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 April 26, 2001 3–4 OT Los Angeles Kings Kings lead 1–0 L 2 April 28, 2001 2–0 Los Angeles Kings Series tied 1–1 W 3 April 30, 2001 4–3 @ Los Angeles Kings Avalanche lead 2–1 W 4 May 2, 2001 3–0 @ Los Angeles Kings Avalanche lead 3–1 W 5 May 4, 2001 0–1 Los Angeles Kings Avalanche lead 3–2 L 6 May 6, 2001 0–1 2OT @ Los Angeles Kings Series tied 3–3 L 7 May 8, 2001 5–1 Los Angeles Kings Avalanche win 4–3 W
Western Conference Finals vs. (4) St. Louis Blues: Avalanche win 4–1 Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 May 12, 2001 4–1 St. Louis Blues Avalanche lead 1–0 W 2 May 14, 2001 4–2 St. Louis Blues Avalanche lead 2–0 W 3 May 16, 2001 3–4 2OT @ St. Louis Blues Avalanche lead 2–1 L 4 May 18, 2001 4–3 OT @ St. Louis Blues Avalanche lead 3–1 W 5 May 21, 2001 2–1 OT St. Louis Blues Avalanche win 4–1 W
Stanley Cup Finals vs. (E1) New Jersey Devils – Avalanche win 4–3 Game Date Score Opponent Series Recap 1 May 26, 2001 5–0 New Jersey Devils Avalanche lead 1–0 W 2 May 29, 2001 1–2 New Jersey Devils Series tied 1–1 L 3 May 31, 2001 3–1 @ New Jersey Devils Avalanche lead 2–1 W 4 June 2, 2001 2–3 @ New Jersey Devils Series tied 2–2 L 5 June 4, 2001 1–4 New Jersey Devils Devils lead 3–2 L 6 June 7, 2001 4–0 @ New Jersey Devils Series tied 3–3 W 7 June 9, 2001 3–1 New Jersey Devils Avalanche win 4–3 W
Legend: W Win L Loss

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Avalanche only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season						Playoffs
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
19	Joe Sakic	C	82	54	64	118	45	30	21	13	13	26	6	6
21	Peter Forsberg	C	73	27	62	89	23	54	11	4	10	14	5	6
23	Milan Hejduk	RW	80	41	38	79	32	36	23	7	16	23	8	6
40	Alex Tanguay	LW	82	27	50	77	35	37	23	6	15	21	13	8
37	Chris Drury	LW	71	24	41	65	6	47	23	11	5	16	5	4
77	Ray Bourque	D	80	7	52	59	25	48	21	4	6	10	9	12
25	Shjon Podein	RW	82	15	17	32	7	68	23	2	3	5	3	14
18	Adam Deadmarsh‡	RW	39	13	13	26	−2	59	—	—	—	—	—	—
41	Martin Skoula	D	82	8	17	25	8	38	23	1	4	5	1	8
39	Ville Nieminen	LW	50	14	8	22	8	38	23	4	6	10	−1	20
7	Greg de Vries	D	79	5	12	17	23	51	23	0	1	1	5	20
13	Dan Hinote	C	76	5	10	15	1	51	23	2	4	6	4	21
24	Jon Klemm	D	78	4	11	15	22	54	22	1	2	3	7	16
52	Adam Foote	D	35	3	12	15	6	42	23	3	4	7	5	47
26	Stephane Yelle	C	50	4	10	14	−3	20	23	1	2	3	2	8
3	Aaron Miller‡	D	56	4	9	13	19	29	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	Eric Messier	LW/D	64	5	7	12	−3	26	23	2	2	4	0	14
4	Rob Blake†	D	13	2	8	10	11	8	23	6	13	19	6	16
14	Dave Reid	RW	73	1	9	10	1	21	18	0	4	4	2	6
28	Steven Reinprecht†	C	21	3	4	7	−1	2	22	2	3	5	0	2
27	Scott Parker	RW	69	2	3	5	−2	155	4	0	0	0	0	2
33	Patrick Roy	G	62	0	5	5		10	23	0	1	1		0
45	Rick Berry	D	19	0	4	4	5	38	—	—	—	—	—	—
44[a]	Nolan Pratt	D	46	1	2	3	2	40	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Chris Dingman	LW	41	1	1	2	−3	108	16	0	4	4	3	14
1	David Aebischer	G	26	0	1	1		0	1	0	0	0		0
5	Alexei Gusarov‡	D	9	0	1	1	2	6	—	—	—	—	—	—
46	Yuri Babenko	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Brad Larsen	LW	9	0	0	0	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—
2	Bryan Muir†	D	8	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
63	Joel Prpic	C	3	0	0	0	0	2	—	—	—	—	—	—
44	Rob Shearer	C	2	0	0	0	−2	0	—	—	—	—	—	—

Goaltending

No.	Player	Regular season										Playoffs
		GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI	GP	W	L	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
33	Patrick Roy	62	40	13	7	1513	132	2.22	.913	4	3585	23	16	7	622	41	1.70	.934	4	1451
1	David Aebischer	26	12	7	3	538	52	2.24	.903	3	1393	1	0	0	0	0	0.00		0	1

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Conn Smythe Trophy	Patrick Roy	[8]
	Hart Memorial Trophy	Joe Sakic	[9]
	King Clancy Memorial Trophy	Shjon Podein	[10]
	Lady Byng Memorial Trophy	Joe Sakic	[11]
	Lester B. Pearson Award	Joe Sakic	[12]
	NHL First All-Star Team	Ray Bourque (Defense)	[13]
		Joe Sakic (Center)
	NHL Second All-Star Team	Rob Blake (Defense)	[13]
	NHL Plus-Minus Award	Joe Sakic[b]	[15]
League (in-season)	NHL All-Star Game selection	Ray Bourque[c]	[17]
		Peter Forsberg[c]
		Bob Hartley (coach)
		Milan Hejduk[d]
		Patrick Roy[c]
		Joe Sakic[c]
	NHL Player of the Month	Joe Sakic (November)	[19]
	NHL Player of the Week	Patrick Roy (October 16)	[20]
		Alex Tanguay (January 22)	[21]
		Peter Forsberg (February 26)	[22]
		Joe Sakic (March 26)	[23]
		Joe Sakic (April 9)	[24]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	David Aebischer	October 18, 2000	[25]
	Rob Shearer	November 11, 2000
	Yuri Babenko	November 22, 2000
	Rick Berry	January 7, 2001

Transactions

The Avalanche were involved in the following transactions from June 11, 2000, the day after the deciding game of the 2000 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 9, 2001, the day of the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals.^[26][27]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 24, 2000 (2000-06-24)	To Colorado Avalanche Nolan Pratt 1st-round pick in 2000 2nd-round pick in 2000 Philadelphia’s 2nd-round pick in 2000	To Carolina Hurricanes Sandis Ozolinsh Columbus’ 2nd-round pick in 2000	[28]
December 28, 2000 (2000-12-28)	To Colorado Avalanche 5th-round pick in 2001	To New York Rangers Alexei Gusarov	[29]
January 24, 2001 (2001-01-24)	To Colorado Avalanche Bryan Muir	To Tampa Bay Lightning 8th-round pick in 2001	[30]
February 22, 2001 (2001-02-22)	To Colorado Avalanche Rob Blake Steven Reinprecht	To Los Angeles Kings Adam Deadmarsh Aaron Miller 1st-round pick in 2001 Conditional draft pick[e] A prospect to be named later[f]	[33]
March 3, 2001 (2001-03-03)	To Colorado Avalanche Brent Thompson	To Florida Panthers Future considerations	[34]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
August 2, 2000 (2000-08-02)	Mike Craig	San Jose Sharks		Free agency	[35]
August 29, 2000 (2000-08-29)	Kelly Fairchild	Dallas Stars	1-year	Free agency	[36]
	Joel Prpic	Boston Bruins	1-year	Free agency	[36]
September 5, 2000 (2000-09-05)	Stewart Malgunas	Calgary Flames	1-year	Free agency	[37]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[g]	Ref
June 23, 2000 (2000-06-23)	Jeff Odgers	Minnesota Wild	Expansion draft	[39]
	Rick Tabaracci	Columbus Blue Jackets	Expansion draft	[39]
July 11, 2000 (2000-07-11)	Christian Matte	Minnesota Wild	Free agency (VI)	[40]
July 12, 2000 (2000-07-12)	Sami Helenius	Dallas Stars	Free agency (VI)	[41]
July 13, 2000 (2000-07-13)	Dave Andreychuk	Buffalo Sabres	Free agency (III)	[42]
July 20, 2000 (2000-07-20)	Serge Aubin	Columbus Blue Jackets	Free agency (VI)	[43]
August 24, 2000 (2000-08-24)	Michael Gaul	Columbus Blue Jackets	Free agency (VI)	[44]
September 4, 2000 (2000-09-04)	Jason Bowen	Belfast Giants (BISL)	Free agency (UFA)	[45]
March 24, 2001 (2001-03-24)	Stewart Malgunas	Frankfurt Lions (DEL)	Free agency[h]	[46]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
June 14, 2000 (2000-06-14)	Ray Bourque	1-year[i]	Re-signing	[47]
July 26, 2000 (2000-07-26)	Eric Messier	1-year	Re-signing	[48]
	Stephane Yelle	3-year	Re-signing	[48]
August 2, 2000 (2000-08-02)	Frederic Cassivi	2-year	Re-signing	[35]
	Dan Hinote	2-year	Re-signing	[35]
	Ville Nieminen	2-year	Re-signing	[35]
	Dan Smith	1-year	Re-signing	[35]
	Brian White	1-year	Re-signing	[35]
August 9, 2000 (2000-08-09)	Nolan Pratt	1-year	Arbitration award	[49][50]
August 13, 2000 (2000-08-13)	Jon Klemm	1-year	Arbitration award	[49][50]
August 14, 2000 (2000-08-14)	Joe Sakic	1-year	Re-signing	[51]
August 15, 2000 (2000-08-15)	Adam Deadmarsh	3-year	Re-signing	[52]
September 5, 2000 (2000-09-05)	Brad Larsen	1-year	Re-signing	[37]
September 6, 2000 (2000-09-06)	Milan Hejduk	4-year	Re-signing	[53]
September 16, 2000 (2000-09-16)	Chris Drury	3-year	Re-signing	[54]
September 27, 2000 (2000-09-27)	Adam Foote	4-year	Extension	[55]
December 18, 2000 (2000-12-18)	Jordan Krestanovich	3-year	Entry-level	[56]
April 2, 2001 (2001-04-02)	Mikhail Kuleshov	3-year	Entry-level	[26]
April 26, 2001 (2001-04-26)	Vaclav Nedorost	3-year	Entry-level	[57]

Draft picks

Colorado's draft picks at the 2000 NHL entry draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.^[58]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	14	Vaclav Nedorost	Czech Republic	Ceske Budejovice Jr. (Czech Republic)
2	47	Jared Aulin	Canada	Kamloops Blazers (WHL)
2	50	Sergei Soin	Russia	Krylya Sovetov (Russia)
2	63	Agris Saviels	Latvia	Owen Sound Attack (OHL)
3	88	Kurt Sauer	United States	Spokane Chiefs (WHL)
3	92	Sergei Klyazmin	Russia	THK Tver (Russia)
4	119	Brian Fahey	United States	University of Wisconsin-Madison (WCHA)
5	159	John-Michael Liles	United States	Michigan State University (CCHA)
6	189	Chris Bahen	United States	Clarkson University (ECAC)
7	221	Aaron Molnar	Canada	London Knights (OHL)
8	252	Darryl Bootland	Canada	Toronto St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
9	266	Sean Kotary	United States	Northwood Prep High School (USHS-MA)
9	285	Blake Ward	Canada	Tri-City Americans (WHL)

Notes

1. Pratt wore number 4 until Blake was acquired.
2. Co-winner with Patrik Elias of the New Jersey Devils.^[14]
3. Bourque, Forsberg, Roy, and Sakic were all voted to the starting lineup.^[16]
4. Hejduk was an injury replacement for Alexander Mogilny of the New Jersey Devils.^[18]
5. 1st-round pick in 2003, contingent on Blake re-signing with the Avalanche, which he did on July 1, 2001.^[31]
6. Colorado sent the rights to Jared Aulin on March 22.^[32]
7. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[38]
8. Contract for the 2001–02 season.
9. Option for a second year.