Colorado Avalanche | Salary cap and contracts

Cap Hit	Cap Space	LTIR	Roster	Contracts	Carryover Bonuses
$88,175,000	$7,325,000	$0	18/23	40/50	$0

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

forwards (12 - $53,275,000)	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
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		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
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	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
Kiviranta, Joel	-			Inactive	Signed	29	-		UFA
Vesey, Jimmy	-			Inactive		32	-		UFA
TOTAL						29.0		0.0 %	$53,275,000	$45,925,000	$37,425,000	$29,925,000	$22,925,000	$15,100,000

defense (8 - $28,150,000)	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	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	1 UFA			NHL	Signed	26	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			Inactive		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
Johnson, Erik	-			Inactive		37	-		UFA
Poolman, Tucker	-		RD			32	-		UFA
TOTAL						31.5		0.0 %	$28,150,000	$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

dead cap

Season

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non-roster

forwards (18 - $10,877,500)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Brindley, Gavin	1 RFA	ELC	C	Minor		20	1.0		$950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000	RFA
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
Stienburg, Matt	1 RFA		C	Minor	Draft	24	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	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
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	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
Barré-Boulet, Alex	1 UFA			NHL	Signed	28	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Foudy, Jean-Luc	-		C	Inactive	Draft	23	-		RFA
Phillips, Matthew	-			Inactive	Signed	27	-		UFA
Dufour, William	-		RW	Inactive		23	-		RFA
Innala, Jere	-		LW	Inactive	Signed	27	-		UFA
Wagner, Chris	-		, RW	Inactive	Signed	34	-		UFA
TOTAL						25.0		0.0 %	$10,877,500	$1,679,167	$0	$0	$0	$0

defense (8 - $5,564,166)	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
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
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
Attard, Ronnie	1 UFA			Minor		26	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Ludvig, John	-			Inactive	Waivers	24	-		RFA
TOTAL						25.8		0.0 %	$5,564,166	$3,239,166	$783,333	$0	$0	$0

goalies (5 - $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
Scheel, Adam	-		G	Inactive	Signed	26	-		UFA (Group 6)
Mandolese, Kevin	-		G	Inactive		24	-		RFA
TOTAL						23.8		0.0 %	$2,622,500	$2,622,500	$0	$0	$0	$0

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 (16)	AGE	POS	DRAFTED BY	DRAFT YEAR	ROUND	OVERALL	MUST 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	19	C	COL	2025	7	214	Aug. 15, 2029
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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