![]() But they scored 22 fewer goals in '11-12, finishing with 199 non-shootout tallies - nine of their 41 wins came in the tiebreaker. No Colorado player had more than rookie Gabriel Landeskog's 22 goals, and Ryan O'Reilly led the Avalanche with 55 points. They cut their goals against by 69, but without an improvement offensively - especially by Paul Stastny (53 points, a career-low for a full season) and Matt Duchene (28 points and minus-11 in 58 games), Colorado will be sitting home again come playoff time. They were last with Rick Nash can they do better without him? #Nhl 2004 rebuilt cant change offence strategy full# There's nowhere for the Blue Jackets to go but up after finishing last in the overall standings - but they'll look a lot different after dealing the best player in franchise history to the New York Rangers in July for three young players and a first-round pick. General manager Scott Howson brought in Sergei Bobrovsky to challenge Steve Mason in goal, and there's a nice cadre of young defensemen. ![]() But Nash's departure leaves one 20-goal scorer ( R.J. Umberger, who had 20), and one player (37-year-old Vinny Prospal) who had more than 50 points on a team that managed 198 non-shootout goals.
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