Avalanche general manager Joe Sakic on Friday said he presented a contract proposal to agent Don Meehan, who represents defenseman Tyson Barrie, on Thursday night in conjunction with the NHL draft in Buffalo, N.Y.

“We presented a long-term proposal, and we’ll see where that goes,” Sakic said. “If not anywhere, he’s going to go to arbitration.”

Barrie, 24, has 38 goals over the past three seasons for Colorado. He’s coming off a two-year, $5.2 million contract with the Avalanche and will be a restricted free agent July 1, as will center Nathan MacKinnon, who has finished up his three-year entry-level contract.

“Now that the draft will be over, I’m sure we’ll sit down and try and do a long-term deal with Nathan — long- or short-term,” Sakic said.

Second day. The Avalanche is scheduled to have five picks in rounds two through seven on Saturday.

“We want five more prospects,” Sakic said. “We don’t have a fourth-round pick, and we’re going to see how many good prospects we’re going to get here. We’re going to continue to try and build for our system.”

Listed. Sakic said that when deciding between centers Tyson Jost and Logan Brown at the No. 10 slot of the first round Friday — the Avalanche took Jost — a defenseman never really entered the picture.

“We had a couple of D out there as well, but we went with the best player on our list,” Sakic said. “As we go later on in the draft, we’ll probably go more by position. But when you’re picking high, our philosophy is you always go with the best player.”

Brown went on the next pick, to Ottawa.

Five defensemen went off the board in the eight picks from No. 13 to 20. They were Jake Bean to Carolina, Charlie McAvoy to Boston, Jakob Chychrun to Arizona, Dante Fabbro to Nashville, Logan Stanley to Winnipeg and Dennis Cholowski to Detroit.