Colorado Avalanche second goaltender Pavel Francouz will miss the entire 2023-24 season with a lower-body injury. He will return to the Czech Republic with his family for the remainder of the year. This decision comes after surgery during the off-season and limited participation by Francouz, 33, in just 16 games the previous year, with a .915 save percentage. Recently-recovered Ivan Prosvetov will replace him as backup goaltender, having already gained NHL experience with the Arizona Coyotes. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/Avalanche/status/1723852524833190134?s=20'> </a></blockquote></div>