Colorado Avalanche | Salary cap and contracts

Cap HitCap	Cap SpaceSpace	Playoff CapPlayoffs	LTIRLTIR	RosterRoster	ContractsCont.
$91,096,53691.1M	$4,403,4644.4M	$83,542,50083.5M	$2,500,0002.5M	19/2319/23	46/5046/50

Year	R1Round 1	R2Round 2	R3Round 3	R4Round 4	R5Round 5	R6Round 6	R7Round 7
2026
2027
2028

forwards (13 - $55,417,500)	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
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	UFA
Landeskog, Gabriel "C"	4 UFA	M-NTC, NMC	LW	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	UFA
Necas, Martin	9 UFA		, C	NHL	Signed	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	$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			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
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	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	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
Olofsson, Victor	1 UFA			NHL	Signed	30	1.6		$1,575,000 $1,575,000 $1,575,000 $1,575,000 $1,575,000 $1,575,000 $1,575,000 $1,575,000	UFA
Kiviranta, Joel	1 UFA				Signed	29	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	UFA
Brindley, Gavin	3 RFA	ELC	C			21	1.0		$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	RFA
Bardakov, Zakhar	1 RFA	ELC	C	NHL		24	0.9		$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	$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						28.2		0.0 %	$55,417,500	$55,800,000	$47,300,000	$38,925,000	$31,925,000	$24,100,000

defense (8 - $29,700,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	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	UFA
Toews, Devon	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	3 UFA	M-NTC		NHL	Signed	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	$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
Malinski, Sam	1 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	UFA
Burns, Brent	1 UFA			NHL		40	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	UFA
Solovyov, Ilya	1 UFA		, RD	NHL	Waivers	25	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA (Group 6)
MacDonald, Jacob	1 UFA		RD, LD	SOIR	Signed	32	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
TOTAL						30.4		0.0 %	$29,700,000	$25,200,000	$11,200,000	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	$7,250,000

goalies (2 - $6,750,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	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	2 UFA		G	NHL	Signed	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	$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						30.5		0.0 %	$6,750,000	$7,750,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-

long-term injured reserve (1 - $2,500,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
O'Connor, Logan	6 UFA	M-NTC		LTIR	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
TOTAL						29.0		0.0 %	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000	$2,500,000

dead cap

Season

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non-roster

forwards (12 - $9,746,667)	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
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	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
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	UFA (Group 6)
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	UFA
Tynan, T.J.	1 UFA		, C	Minor	Signed	33	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
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	UFA
Gushchin, Danil	1 RFA			Minor		23	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	RFA
Nielsen, Tristen	2 UFA		C	Minor	Signed	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	UFA
Polin, Jason	1 UFA		RW	Minor	Signed	26	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
TOTAL						25.1		0.0 %	$9,746,667	$2,454,167	-	-	-	-

defense (7 - $5,699,166)	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	Prospect	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	RFA
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
Middleton, Keaton	2 UFA			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
Attard, Ronnie	1 UFA		RD	Minor		26	0.8		$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	UFA
Ahcan, Jack	1 UFA		, LD	Minor	Signed	28	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
TOTAL						24.9		0.0 %	$5,699,166	$4,149,166	$783,333	-	-	-

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	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	2 RFA		G	Minor	Draft	24	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	RFA
TOTAL						23.0		0.0 %	$2,622,500	$2,622,500	-	-	-	-

Legend

Waivers-Exempt

Slide Candidate

Injured

Unconfirmed Info

50SPC Exempt

Potential Perf. Bonuses

Contract Start

Contract Continues

🟥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

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

Reserve List (14)	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
Curran, Maxmilian	19	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
Shmakov, Shamil	26	G	COL	2018	7	202	-
Ranta, Sampo	25	LW	COL	2018	3	78	May. 31, 2027

Draft Picks

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Legend

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