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Cap Hit97.4M

Cap Space-$1,917,500

Playoff84.5M

Roster22/23

Contracts48/50

LTIR0

Cap Hit$97,417,500

Cap Space-$1,917,500

Playoff Cap$84,550,000

Roster22/23

Contracts48/50

LTIR$0

Year	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7
2026
2027
2028

Colorado AvalancheAvalanche49-15-10

ATApril 4, 20267:00 PM UTC

Dallas StarsStars45-19-12

Season

LTIR

forwards (14 - $63,992,500)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
MacKinnon, Nathan "A"	6 UFA	NMC		NHL	Draft	30	13.2		$12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000	$12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000	$12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000	$12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000	$12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000	$12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000
Nelson, Brock	3 UFA	NMC		NHL		34	7.9		$7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000	$7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000	$7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000	UFA
Landeskog, Gabriel "C"	4 UFA	M-NTC, NMC		NHL	Draft	33	7.3		$7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000	$7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000	$7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000	$7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000	UFA
Necas, Martin	9 UFA		, C	NHL		27	6.8		$6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000	$11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000	$11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000	$11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000	$11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000	$11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000 $11,500,000
Nichushkin, Valeri	5 UFA	M-NTC		NHL	Signed	31	6.4		$6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000	$6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000	$6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000	$6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000	$6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000	UFA
Kadri, Nazem	4 UFA	M-NTC		NHL		35	7.3		$5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000	$5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000	$5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000	$5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000 $5,600,000	UFA
Lehkonen, Artturi	2 UFA	M-NTC		NHL		30	4.7		$4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000	$4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000	UFA
Colton, Ross	2 UFA	M-NTC		NHL		29	4.2		$4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000	$4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000	UFA
Roy, Nicolas	2 UFA					29	3.1		$3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000	$3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000 $3,000,000	UFA
O'Connor, Logan	6 UFA	M-NTC		NHL	Signed	29	2.6		$2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000	$2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000	$2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000	$2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000	$2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000	$2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000
Drury, Jack	1 RFA			NHL		26	1.8		$1,725,000 $1,725,000 $1,725,000 $1,725,000 $1,725,000 $1,725,000 $1,725,000 $1,725,000 $1,725,000	RFA
Kiviranta, Joel	1 UFA			NHL	Signed	30	1.3		$1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000	UFA
Bardakov, Zakhar	1 RFA	ELC		NHL		25	0.9		$867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500	RFA
Kelly, Parker	5 UFA			NHL	Signed	26	0.9		$825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000	$1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000	$1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000	$1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000	$1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000	UFA
TOTAL						29.6		0.0 %	$63,992,500	$66,025,000	$54,525,000	$47,025,000	$34,425,000	$26,600,000

defense (7 - $26,675,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Makar, Cale "A"	2 UFA		NHL	Draft	27	9.4		$9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000	$9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000	UFA
Toews, Devon	6 UFA	NMC	NHL		32	7.6		$7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000	$7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000	$7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000	$7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000	$7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000	$7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000
Manson, Josh	3 UFA	M-NTC	NHL		34	4.7		$4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000	$3,950,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000	$3,950,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000	UFA
Kulak, Brett	1 UFA		NHL		32	2.9		$2,750,000 $2,750,000 $2,750,000 $2,750,000 $2,750,000 $2,750,000 $2,750,000 $2,750,000 $2,750,000	UFA
Malinski, Sam	5 UFA		NHL	Signed	27	1.5		$1,400,000 $1,400,000 $1,400,000 $1,400,000 $1,400,000 $1,400,000 $1,400,000 $1,400,000 $1,400,000	$4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000	$4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000	$4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000	$4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000 $4,750,000	UFA
Burns, Brent	1 UFA		NHL	Signed	41	1.0		$1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000	UFA
Blankenburg, Nick	1 UFA		NHL		27	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
TOTAL					31.4		0.0 %	$26,675,000	$24,950,000	$15,950,000	$12,000,000	$12,000,000	$7,250,000

goalies (2 - $6,750,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Blackwood, Mackenzie	5 UFA	M-NTC	G	NHL	29	5.5		$5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000	$5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000	$5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000	$5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000	$5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000	UFA
Wedgewood, Scott	2 UFA		G	NHL	33	1.6		$1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000 $1,500,000	$2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000	UFA
TOTAL					31.0		0.0 %	$6,750,000	$7,750,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-

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forwards (15 - $11,471,667)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Brindley, Gavin	3 RFA	ELC	, C	Minor		21	1.0		$950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000	$875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000	$875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000 $875,000	RFA
Makar, Taylor	1 RFA	ELC		Minor	Draft	25	1.0		$925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000 $925,000	RFA
Bradley, Chase	1 RFA	ELC	LW	Minor	Signed	24	0.9		$872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500	RFA
Gay, Cooper	2 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor	Signed	24	0.9		$872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500	$872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500	RFA
Ivan, Ivan	1 RFA	ELC		Minor	Signed	23	0.9		$845,000 $845,000 $845,000 $845,000 $845,000 $845,000 $845,000 $845,000 $845,000	RFA
Prishchepov, Nikita	2 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Draft	22	0.8		$806,667 $806,667 $806,667 $806,667 $806,667 $806,667 $806,667 $806,667 $806,667	$806,667 $806,667 $806,667 $806,667 $806,667 $806,667 $806,667 $806,667 $806,667	RFA
Stienburg, Matt	1 UFA		C	Minor	Draft	25	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA (Group 6)
Felhaber, Tye	1 UFA		LW	Minor	Signed	27	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Gushchin, Danil	1 RFA			Minor		24	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	RFA
Nielsen, Tristen	2 UFA		, C	Minor	Signed	26	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Tynan, T.J.	1 UFA			Minor	Signed	34	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Barré-Boulet, Alex	1 UFA		, C	Minor	Signed	28	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Puustinen, Valtteri	1 UFA			Minor		26	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Polin, Jason	1 UFA			Minor	Signed	26	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
DiMarsico, Matthew	3 RFA	ELC	C	Prospect	Signed	22	-			$980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000	$980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000	RFA
TOTAL						25.1		0.0 %	$11,471,667	$4,309,167	$1,855,000	-	-	-

defense (9 - $6,474,166)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Gagne, Alex	2 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor	Draft	23	1.0		$910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000	$910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000	RFA
Behrens, Sean	2 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor	Draft	23	0.9		$905,833 $905,833 $905,833 $905,833 $905,833 $905,833 $905,833 $905,833 $905,833	$905,833 $905,833 $905,833 $905,833 $905,833 $905,833 $905,833 $905,833 $905,833	RFA
Weinstein, Saige	3 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor	Signed	20	0.8		$783,333 $783,333 $783,333 $783,333 $783,333 $783,333 $783,333 $783,333 $783,333	$783,333 $783,333 $783,333 $783,333 $783,333 $783,333 $783,333 $783,333 $783,333	$783,333 $783,333 $783,333 $783,333 $783,333 $783,333 $783,333 $783,333 $783,333	RFA
Attard, Ronnie	1 UFA		RD	Minor	Signed	27	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Aamodt, Wyatt	2 UFA			Minor	Signed	28	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Ahcan, Jack	1 UFA			Minor	Signed	28	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Middleton, Keaton	2 UFA			Minor	Signed	28	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
MacDonald, Jacob	1 UFA		RD, LD	Minor	Signed	33	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Stjernberg, Gustav	3 RFA	ELC	D	NHL	Signed	23	-			$980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000	$980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000 $980,000	RFA
TOTAL						25.9		0.0 %	$6,474,166	$5,129,166	$1,763,333	-	-	-

goalies (3 - $2,622,500)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Nabokov, Ilya	2 RFA	ELC	G	Loan	Draft	23	1.0		$975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000	$975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000	RFA
Posch, Isak	2 RFA	ELC	G	Minor	Signed	24	0.9		$872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500	$872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500	RFA
Miner, Trent	2 RFA		G	Minor	Draft	25	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	RFA
TOTAL						24.0		0.0 %	$2,622,500	$2,622,500	-	-	-	-

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35+35+ Contract

ELCEntry-Level Contract

RSRetained Salary Transaction

NMCNo Move Clause

NTCNo Trade Clause

Unsigned Players

These are players whose rights are held by the team until the date listed.

Reserve List (13)	AGEAGE	POSPOS	DRAFTED BYDRAFTED BY	DRAFT YEARDRAFT YEAR	ROUNDROUND	OVERALLOVERALL	MUST SIGN BYMUST SIGN BY
Dell'Elce, Francesco	20	D	COL	2025	3	77	Aug. 15, 2029
Funck, Linus	18	D	COL	2025	4	118	Jun. 1, 2029
Roed, Nolan	20	C	COL	2025	7	214	Aug. 15, 2029
Cloutier, Louka	19	G	COL	2024	5	132	Aug. 15, 2029
Fisher, Jake	21	C	COL	2024	4	121	Aug. 15, 2028
Humphreys, Christian	20	C	COL	2024	7	215	Aug. 15, 2029
Pitner, Tory	20	RD	COL	2024	6	185	Aug. 15, 2028
Yunin, Ivan	19	G	COL	2024	5	137	-
Gulyayev, Mikhail	20	LD	COL	2023	1	31	-
Ishimnikov, Nikita	20	RD	COL	2023	5	155	-
Romaine, Chris	22	RD	COL	2022	6	193	Aug. 15, 2028
Shmakov, Shamil	26	G	COL	2018	7	202	-
Ranta, Sampo	25	LW	COL	2018	3	78	May. 31, 2027