The 2008-09 forwards for the Avalanche included Milan Hejduk, Ryan Smyth, Paul Stastny, Tyler Arnason and Marek Svatos.

	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	DOB	AGE	BIRTHPLACE
1	Tyler Arnason T. Arnason	C	5'11"	204	3/16/1979	29	Oklahoma City, OK
2	Philippe Dupuis P. Dupuis	C	6'0"	196	4/24/1985	23	Laval, Canada
3	Chris Durno C. Durno	LW	6'4"	223	10/31/1980	28	Scarborough, Canada
4	TJ Galiardi	LW	6'2"	185	4/22/1988	20	Calgary, Canada
5	Ben Guite B. Guite	RW	6'1"	210	7/17/1978	30	Montreal, Canada
6	Milan Hejduk M. Hejduk	RW	6'0"	190	2/14/1976	32	Usti, Czech Republic
7	Matt Hendricks M. Hendricks	C	6'0"	209	6/17/1981	27	Blaine, MN
8	T.J. Hensick	C	5'10"	190	12/10/1985	23	Lansing, MI
9	David Jones D. Jones	RW	6'3"	208	8/10/1984	24	Guelph, Canada
10	Ian Laperriere I. Laperriere	RW	6'1"	200	1/19/1974	35	Montreal, Canada
11	Per Ledin P. Ledin	LW	6'0"	194	9/14/1978	30	Lulea, Sweden
12	Cody McCormick C. McCormick	C	6'2"	222	4/18/1983	25	London, Canada
13	Cody McLeod C. McLeod	LW	6'2"	210	6/26/1984	24	Binscarth, Canada
14	Joe Sakic J. Sakic	C	5'11"	195	7/7/1969	39	Burnaby, Canada
15	Ryan Smyth R. Smyth	LW	6'2"	191	2/21/1976	32	Banff, Canada
16	Paul Stastny P. Stastny	C	6'0"	193	12/27/1985	23	Quebec City, Canada
17	Chris Stewart C. Stewart	RW	6'2"	242	10/30/1987	21	Toronto, Canada
18	Marek Svatos M. Svatos	RW	5'10"	185	6/17/1982	26	Kosice, Slovakia
19	Darcy Tucker D. Tucker	RW	5'10"	178	3/15/1975	33	Castor, Canada
20	Brian Willsie B. Willsie	RW	6'1"	202	3/16/1978	30	Belmont, Canada
21	Wojtek Wolski W. Wolski	LW	6'3"	215	2/24/1986	22	Zabrze, Poland