Avs announce goalie Pavel Francouz is out for the season, sign Joel Kiviranta

The Colorado Avalanche is dealing with its first significant bit of short-term injury-induced adversity, but there is clarity with one of its long-term concerns. Pavel Francouz will miss the remainder of the 2023-24 season, the club announced Sunday. Francouz, originally projected to be the No. 2 goaltender behind Alexandar Georgiev, played in only one of the team's final 33 games last season and had offseason surgery. Francouz has been a successful goalie for the Avs when healthy, but remaining so has been difficult.