2010-2011 Season Preview: Top Colorado Avalanche Prospects 6-10

Defense, defense, defense. With aging vets on their blue line the past few seasons, the Avalanche have drafted defensemen aggressively, and it's paid off.

Colorado boasts one of the deepest defensive prospect pools in the league, with numerous players one or two years away from making impacts in the NHL. They're just in time, too, as Colorado featured one of the worst defenses in the entire NHL last season.

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