The Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday made its final roster moves for Thursday’s season opener and rookie forward Sheldon Dries is on the team — for now.

Dries, a four-year player at Western Michigan, helped lead the Texas Stars of the American Hockey League to the Calder Cup Final last year. He signed with the Avs as a free agent and made the team over Logan O’Connor, who was originally scheduled to play his senior season at the University of Denver before signing with the Avs in July.

Dries, 24, might join O’Connor with the AHL’s Colorado Eagles in Loveland when Sven Andrighetto returns from a lower-body injury. Andrighetto, who is on a one-way NHL contract, was placed on injured reserve Tuesday, along with rookie center Vladislav Kamenev (leg) and defenseman Anton Lindholm (upper-body).

Defenseman David Warsofsky also was reassigned to the Eagles and rookie defenseman Conor Timmins was designated as an injured non-roster player. Warsofsky and fellow blue-liner Mark Alt were waived Monday but not picked up by any of the 30 other NHL teams. Alt will remain with the Avs as the eighth defenseman.

For now, Colorado is choosing make up its 23-man roster with 13 forwards, eight defensemen and two goalies. Because of the Avs’ new AHL partner 55 miles up Interstate 25, however, coach Jared Bednar said he might carry just 20-22 players during homestands if the Eagles also are playing at home — a decision that stems from making sure young players are playing maximum minutes.

Note: Centers Nathan MacKinnon and J.T. Compher and defenseman Nikita Zadorov practiced Tuesday after skipping practice Saturday and not playing in Sunday’s preseason finale at Dallas. The each presumably had minor ailments.

Per @rboulding who is handling #Avs practice today: 92-29-96, 17-13-22, 83-34-57, 11-37-47/15. So Jost and Kerfoot switch LW/C and Toninato and Dries competing for fourth-line RW. — Mike Chambers (@MikeChambers) October 2, 2018

Here is a look at the full roster (* denotes injured reserve, # denotes injured non-roster):

FORWARDS No. Player Age Ht. Wt. 10 Sven Andrighetto* 25 5-10 188 57 Gabriel Bourque 28 5-10 206 11 Matt Calvert 28 5-11 186 37 J.T. Compher 23 6-0 193 15 Sheldon Dries 24 5-9 185 17 Tyson Jost 20 5-11 191 91 Vladislav Kamenev* 22 6-2 194 13 Alexander Kerfoot 24 5-10 175 92 Gabe Landeskog 25 6-1 215 29 Nathan MacKinnon 23 6-0 205 83 Matt Nieto 25 5-11 190 96 Mikko Rantanen 21 6-4 215 34 Carl Soderberg 32 6-3 210 47 Dominic Toninato 24 6-2 200 22 Colin Wilson 28 6-1 221 DEFENSEMEN 7 Mark Alt 26 6-4 201 44 Mark Barberio 28 6-1 200 4 Tyson Barrie 27 5-10 190 28 Ian Cole 29 6-1 219 49 Samuel Girard 20 5-10 162 6 Erik Johnson 30 6-4 225 54 Anton Lindholm* 23 5-11 191 12 Patrik Nemeth 26 6-3 219 18 Conor Timmins# 20 6-2 184 16 Nikita Zadorov 23 6-5 230 GOALTENDERS 31 Philipp Grubauer 26 6-1 191 1 Semyon Varlamov 30 6-2 205