2016–17 Colorado Avalanche season
national Hockey League team season
The 2016–17 Colorado Avalanche season was the 22nd operational season and 21st playing season for the Colorado Avalanche since the franchise relocated from Quebec prior to the start of the 1995–96 NHL season, as well as the franchise's 38th season in the National Hockey League and 45th season overall.
Under first-year head coach Jared Bednar, the Avalanche got off to a respectable start, and were only two games below .500 by December 1. However, they won a total of four games in December and January combined. By the All-Star Break, they were 13-31-2, and their season was all but finished. They won only nine more games after that to finish 22-56-4, the worst record in the NHL. They missed the playoffs for the third consecutive year, 46 points behind the lowest playoff seed and 21 points behind the 29th-place Vancouver Canucks. It was the franchise's lowest points total since 1990–91 as the Nordiques, which was the last time the franchise finished in last place overall. The Avalanche's 48 points were among the fewest for a non-expansion team since 1967, and the second fewest for any team playing an 82-game season where one point is earned for losing in overtime or a shootout, ahead of only the 2023–24 San Jose Sharks (who finished with 47 points). The team was shutout a franchise record-tying 12 times (set during the 2008-09 season). Despite their historically poor season, as of the 2025–26 NHL season, this is the most recent time the Avalanche have missed the playoffs.
Off-season
On August 11, 2016, less than a month before training camp, Patrick Roy resigned as head coach, claiming he had little input in personnel matters despite having the additional title of vice president of hockey operations.
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