 Following the 2004 – 05 NHL lockout , the Avalanche were forced to lose many of their key players in order to stay below the salary cap . Even with the loss of teammates Peter Forsberg and Adam Foote , Sakic still helped the Avalanche get into the playoffs , where they eventually lost to the Anaheim Ducks in the conference semi @-@ finals . In June 2006 , Sakic signed a one @-@ year , $ 5 @.@ 75 million deal to keep him with the Avalanche for the 2006 – 07 season . Upon the retirement of Steve Yzerman a month later , on July 3 , 2006 , Sakic became the League leader for most NHL career points scored among active players . 
