Colorado Avalanche | Salary cap and contracts

Cap Hit	Cap Space	LTIR	Roster	Contracts	Carryover Bonuses
$92,722,161	$2,777,839	$2,500,000	22/23	45/50	$0

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

forwards (14 - $56,224,167)	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	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		, C	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		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			NHL	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	1 RFA	ELC	C	NHL		21	1.0		$950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000 $950,000	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
Prishchepov, Nikita	2 RFA	ELC	, C	SOIR	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
TOTAL						27.6		0.0 %	$56,224,167	$44,231,667	$34,925,000	$27,425,000	$20,425,000	$12,600,000

defense (10 - $31,250,000)	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	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		IR		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)
Attard, Ronnie	1 UFA		RD	SOIR		26	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
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
Ahcan, Jack	1 UFA		, LD	NHL	Signed	28	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
TOTAL						29.6		0.0 %	$31,250,000	$25,200,000	$11,200,000	$7,250,000	$7,250,000	$7,250,000

goalies (2 - $2,275,000)	Years Remaining	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Wedgewood, Scott	1 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	UFA
Miner, Trent	2 RFA	G	NHL	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					28.5		0.0 %	$2,275,000	$775,000	-	-	-	-

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

buried penalty (1 - $5,250,000)	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	Cond. Loan		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
TOTAL						28.0		0.0 %	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-

Season

Show LTIR

non-roster

forwards (10 - $8,165,000)	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
Stienburg, Matt	1 RFA		, C	Minor	Draft	25	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	RFA
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
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
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
TOTAL						25.5		0.0 %	$8,165,000	$872,500	-	-	-	-

defense (5 - $4,149,166)	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
Aamodt, Wyatt	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
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
TOTAL						23.8		0.0 %	$4,149,166	$4,149,166	$783,333	-	-	-

goalies (3 - $7,097,500)	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	Cond. Loan		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
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
TOTAL						24.3		0.0 %	$7,097,500	$7,097,500	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	$5,250,000	-

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	19	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

dead cap

non-roster

Legend

Unsigned Players