Colorado Avalanche | Salary cap and contracts

Cap Hit	Cap Space	LTIR	Roster	Contracts	Carryover Bonuses
$93,525,000	$1,975,000	$0	18/23	32/50	$0

Year	RD 1ROUND 1	RD 2ROUND 2	RD 3ROUND 3	RD 4ROUND 4	RD 5ROUND 5	RD 6ROUND 6	RD 7ROUND 7
2025
2026
2027
2028

forwards (15 - $61,025,000)	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	29	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
Nelson, Brock	3 UFA	NMC		NHL		33	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	UFA
Landeskog, Gabriel "C"	4 UFA	M-NTC, NMC	LW	NHL	Draft	32	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	UFA
Necas, Martin	1 UFA			NHL		26	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	UFA
Nichushkin, Valeri	5 UFA	M-NTC		NHL	Signed	30	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	UFA
Coyle, Charlie	1 UFA	M-NTC, NMC		NHL		33	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	UFA
Lehkonen, Artturi	2 UFA	M-NTC		NHL		29	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	UFA
Colton, Ross	2 UFA	M-NTC		NHL		28	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	UFA
O'Connor, Logan	6 UFA	M-NTC		NHL	Signed	28	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
Wood, Miles	4 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	UFA
Drury, Jack	1 RFA			NHL		25	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	RFA
Kelly, Parker	1 UFA			NHL	Signed	26	0.9		$825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 $825,000	UFA
Drouin, Jonathan	-			NHL	Signed	30	-		UFA
Kiviranta, Joel	-			NHL	Signed	29	-		UFA
Vesey, Jimmy	-			NHL		32	-		UFA
TOTAL						29.3		0.0 %	$61,025,000	$46,725,000	$38,225,000	$30,725,000	$21,225,000	$15,100,000

defense (7 - $25,750,000)	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	26	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	UFA
Toews, Devon "A"	6 UFA	NMC	NHL		31	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
Girard, Samuel	2 UFA	M-NTC	NHL		27	5.2		$5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000	$5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000	UFA
Manson, Josh	1 UFA	M-NTC	NHL	Signed	33	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	UFA
Malinski, Sam	-		NHL	Signed	26	-		RFA
Lindgren, Ryan	-		NHL		27	-		UFA
Johnson, Erik	-		NHL		37	-		UFA
TOTAL					29.6		0.0 %	$25,750,000	$21,250,000	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	$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	28	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	UFA
Wedgewood, Scott	1 UFA		G	NHL	32	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	UFA
TOTAL					30.0		0.0 %	$6,750,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	$0

long-term injured reserve (1 - $0)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Poolman, Tucker	-		RD			32	-		UFA
TOTAL						32.0		0.0 %	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

dead cap

retained salary (1 - $0)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Georgiev, Alexandar	-		G	NHL		29	-		UFA
TOTAL						29.0		0.0 %	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Season

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non-roster

forwards (16 - $6,827,500)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Makar, Taylor	1 RFA	ELC	LW	Minor	Draft	24	1.0		$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	23	0.9		$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	23	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	RFA
Bardakov, Zakhar	1 RFA	ELC	C	Minor		24	0.9		$867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500	RFA
Olausson, Oskar	1 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$863,333 $863,333 $863,333 $863,333 $863,333 $863,333 $863,333 $863,333	RFA
Ivan, Ivan	1 RFA	ELC	C	Minor	Signed	22	0.9		$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	21	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	RFA
Felhaber, Tye	1 UFA		LW	Minor	Signed	26	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Stienburg, Matt	-		C	Minor	Draft	24	-		RFA
Foudy, Jean-Luc	-		C	Minor	Draft	23	-		RFA
Phillips, Matthew	-			NHL	Signed	27	-		UFA
Polin, Jason	-			Minor	Signed	26	-		RFA
Dufour, William	-		RW	Minor		23	-		RFA
Innala, Jere	-		LW	Minor	Signed	27	-		UFA
Tynan, T.J.	-		C	Minor	Signed	33	-		UFA
Wagner, Chris	-		, RW	Minor	Signed	34	-		UFA
TOTAL						25.1		0.0 %	$6,827,500	$1,679,167	$0	$0	$0	$0

defense (7 - $4,014,166)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Behrens, Sean	2 RFA	ELC	LD	Minor	Draft	22	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	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	RFA
MacDonald, Jacob	1 UFA		, LD	Minor	Signed	32	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Aamodt, Wyatt	2 UFA		LD	Minor	Signed	27	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	UFA
Middleton, Keaton	2 UFA		LD	Minor	Signed	27	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	UFA
Ludvig, John	-			Minor	Waivers	24	-		RFA
Ahcan, Jack	-		LD	Minor	Signed	28	-		UFA
TOTAL						25.7		0.0 %	$4,014,166	$3,239,166	$783,333	$0	$0	$0

goalies (5 - $1,847,500)	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	Minor	Draft	22	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	RFA
Posch, Isak	2 RFA	ELC	G	Minor	Signed	23	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	RFA
Miner, Trent	-		G	Minor	Draft	24	-		RFA
Scheel, Adam	-		G	Minor	Signed	26	-		UFA (Group 6)
Mandolese, Kevin	-		G	Minor		24	-		RFA
TOTAL						23.8		0.0 %	$1,847,500	$1,847,500	$0	$0	$0	$0

Legend

Waivers-Exempt

Slide Candidate

Injured

Unconfirmed Info

50SPC Exempt

Potential Perf. Bonuses

Contract Start

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🟥Unrestricted Free Agent

🟦Restricted Free Agent

$775Two-way Contract

35+35+ Contract

ELCEntry-Level Contract

RSRetained Salary Transaction

NMCNo Move Clause

NTCNo Trade Clause

Unsigned Players

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Reserve List (13)	AGE	POS	DRAFTED BY	DRAFT YEAR	ROUND	OVERALL	MUST SIGN BY
Cloutier, Louka	18	G	COL	2024	5	132	Aug. 15, 2029
Curran, Maxmilian	18	C	COL	2024	5	161	Jun. 1, 2028
Fisher, Jake	20	C	COL	2024	4	121	Aug. 15, 2028
Humphreys, Christian	19	C	COL	2024	7	215	Aug. 15, 2029
Pitner, Tory	19	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	21	RD	COL	2022	6	193	Aug. 15, 2028
Buyalsky, Andrei	24	C	COL	2021	3	92	Aug. 15, 2025
Kempf, Hank	23	LD	NYR	2021	7	208	Aug. 15, 2025
Shmakov, Shamil	25	G	COL	2018	7	202	-
Ranta, Sampo	25	LW	COL	2018	3	78	May. 31, 2027

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