Joe Sakic and Chris McFarland earn well-deserved promotions. But the road ahead won't be easy for the Stanley Cup Champions, with major contract decisions immediately looming.
A lifelong member of the organization as a player, Sakic was drafted 15th overall by the Quebec Nordiques in 1987 and played seven seasons in Quebec before the franchise relocated to Denver in 1995. He sits first in the organization’s history in games played , goals , assists and points . He served as captain for 17 seasons, the second-longest tenure in NHL history, and helped lead Colorado to Stanley Cup wins in 1996 and 2001.
He came on board at the beginning of the 2015-16 season, in the midst of a period where Colorado missed the playoffs in seven of nine seasons. But after bottoming out with a league-worst 48 points in 2016-17, the Avalanche’s fortunes began to turn. The club has now reached the playoffs for the last five consecutive seasons, shared the Presidents’ Trophy as the best regular-season team with the Vegas Golden Knights in 2020-21, and set a franchise record with 119 regular-season points in 2021-22.
While he was with Columbus, McFarland worked in nearly every facet of the organization, according to the Avalanche’s press release. Those duties included “scouting at the professional and amateur level, player contract negotiations, salary cap management and arbitration, collective bargaining agreement administration, budgeting and team scheduling issues.”
Now, rather than starting a rebuild with a new club, McFarland will have the opportunity to work with the roster he helped craft. But that’s no easy assignment.shows the Avalanche with more than $20 million in available salary-cap space as of Monday, there are some big decisions looming as early as this week.
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