Colorado Avalanche (COL)

Est. 1979

Current Cap Hit: $98,371,666
Projected Cap Hit: $97,251,679.57
Projected Cap Space: $-1,751,679.5699999928
Contracts: 46
Roster: 29
Injuries: 4
Retained Contracts: 0
Daily Cap Breakdown
Team logo history

Draft Picks

Season Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7
2025-2026 *
2026-2027 *
2027-2028 *
2028-2029

NHL Roster

# Offense Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
29 Nathan MacKinnon NMC C 30 UFA $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000
11 Brock Nelson NTC C 34 UFA $7,500,000 $7,500,000 $7,500,000
92 Gabriel Landeskog NMC, M-NTC LW 32 UFA $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000
88 Martin Nečas C 26 UFA $6,500,000
13 Valeri Nichushkin M-NTC RW 30 UFA $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000
62 Artturi Lehkonen M-NTC LW 30 UFA $4,500,000 $4,500,000
20 Ross Colton M-NTC C 29 UFA $4,000,000 $4,000,000
18 Jack Drury C 25 RFA $1,725,000
95 Victor Olofsson LW 30 UFA $1,575,000
94 Joel Kiviranta LW 29 UFA $1,250,000
54 Gavin Brindley WE C 21 RFA $950,000
38 Chase Bradley WE LW 23 RFA $872,500
93 Zakhar Bardakov WE C 24 RFA $867,500
17 Parker Kelly LW 26 UFA $825,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 $1,700,000
85 Nikita Prishchepov WE Injured C 21 RFA $806,666 $806,666
84 Tristen Nielsen WE C 25 UFA $775,000 $775,000
# Defense Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
8 Cale Makar D 27 UFA $9,000,000 $9,000,000
7 Devon Toews NMC D 31 UFA $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000 $7,250,000
49 Samuel Girard Injured M-NTC D 27 UFA $5,000,000 $5,000,000
42 Josh Manson M-NTC D 34 UFA $4,500,000 $3,950,000 $3,950,000
70 Sam Malinski D 27 UFA $1,400,000
84 Brent Burns D 40 UFA $1,000,000
4 Jacob MacDonald Injured D 32 UFA $775,000
98 Ilya Solovyov D 25 RFA $775,000
15 Jack Ahcan D 28 UFA $775,000
# Goaltending Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
39 Mackenzie Blackwood M-NTC G 28 UFA $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000 $5,250,000
41 Scott Wedgewood G 33 UFA $1,500,000
50 Trent Miner G 24 RFA $775,000 $775,000
# LTIR Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
25 Logan O'Connor M-NTC RW 29 UFA $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000

Icons: WE=Waivers Exempt Injured=Injured Suspended=Suspended 🧑‍⚖️=Suspended

Non-Roster

Money in parentheses is the base NHL cap hit

Non-roster Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
Taylor Makar WE LW 24 RFA $0
($925,000)
Cooper Gay WE RW 23 RFA $0
($872,500) 		$0
($872,500)
Ivan Ivan WE C 23 RFA $0
($845,000)
Tye Felhaber LW 27 UFA $0
($775,000)
Matthew Stienburg WE C 25 RFA $0
($775,000)
Jason Polin RW 26 UFA $0
($775,000)
T.J. Tynan C 33 UFA $0
($775,000)
Alex Barré-Boulet C 28 UFA $0
($775,000)
Danil Gushchin LW 23 RFA $0
($775,000)
Alex Gagne WE D 23 RFA $0
($910,000) 		$0
($910,000)
Sean Behrens WE D 22 RFA $0
($905,833) 		$0
($905,833)
Saige Weinstein WE D 20 RFA $0
($783,333) 		$0
($783,333) 		$0
($783,333)
Keaton Middleton D 27 UFA $0
($775,000) 		$0
($775,000)
Wyatt Aamodt D 27 UFA $0
($775,000) 		$0
($775,000)
Ronnie Attard D 26 UFA $0
($775,000)
Isak Posch WE G 23 RFA $0
($872,500) 		$0
($872,500)
Ilya Nabokov WE G 22 RFA On Loan $0
($975,000) 		$0
($975,000)
Jean-Luc Foudy C 23 RFA
William Dufour RW 23 RFA
John Ludvig D 25 RFA

Reserve Rights

Player Age Position Expiration Draft Pick
Jean-Luc Foudy 23 C Qualifying Offer 2020 75 OA (round 3)
John Ludvig 25 D Qualifying Offer 2019 69 OA (round 3)
William Dufour 23 RW Qualifying Offer 2020 152 OA (round 5)
2025 Expiration
Maroš Jedlička 23 RW,LW 2025-06-01 2023 219 OA (round 7)
2027 Expiration
Francesco Dell'Elce 20 D 2027-06-01 2025 77 OA (round 3)
Chris Romaine 21 D 2027-08-15 2022 193 OA (round 6)
2028 Expiration
Maxmilian Curran 19 C 2028-06-01 2024 161 OA (round 5)
Jake Fisher 20 F 2028-08-15 2024 121 OA (round 4)
Tory Pitner 19 D 2028-08-15 2024 185 OA (round 6)
2029 Expiration
Linus Funck 18 D 2029-06-01 2025 118 OA (round 4)
Nolan Roed 20 C 2029-06-01 2025 214 OA (round 7)
Christian Humphreys 19 C 2029-08-15 2024 215 OA (round 7)
Louka Cloutier 19 G 2029-08-15 2024 132 OA (round 5)
Other Expiration
Ivan Yunin 19 G Indefinite 2024 137 OA (round 5)
Mikhail Gulyayev 20 D Indefinite 2023 31 OA (round 1)
Nikita Ishimnikov 20 D Indefinite 2023 155 OA (round 5)
Shamil Shmakov 26 G Indefinite 2018 202 OA (round 7)
Vladislav Kamenev 29 C Indefinite 2014 42 OA (round 2)
Notes