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Ross Colton

#20

age29

posLW,C

shotl

h6'0"

w194lbs

Depth Chart LW2

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$4,000,000$4.00M

Year 3 of 4

23/24

25/26

26/27

Expiry Status

UFA 2027 age 30

Profile

Draft Team

Round4

Pick118

Year2016

Agent Lewis Gross

Birthdate Sep 11, 1996

Birthplace Robbinsville, New Jersey

Nationality USA

Stick CCM JetSpeed FT7 Pro

UFA Year 2024

ELC Year 22

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $12.26M

Regular Season

GP18

PPG0.5

PIM5

5x5 TOI/GP 11:53

PP TOI/GP 0:31

PK TOI/GP 0:02

G60 0.56

P60 2.52

GF% 57.9

xGF% 61.0

RELxGF% 2.3

CF% 59.0

REL CF% 3.9

Pen Diff -6

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP349

G82

A79

P161

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.46

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.23

Career Statline Details

2023-2027 Standard Contract

term4yrs

value$16,000,000$16.00M

cap hit$4,000,000$4.00M

Ross Colton is signed to a 4 year, $16,000,000 contract with a cap hit of $4,000,000 per season, playing for the Colorado Avalanche. His contract expires at the end of the 2026-27 season, making Colton an Unrestricted Free Agent.

Signed On Jul 17 2023

Signing Agent Lewis Gross

Signed By

Signing GM Chris MacFarland

% Cap Contract Start 4.79%

Signing Status RFAage 27

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027
Cap Hit	$4,000,000$4.00M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$4,000,000$4.00M	UFAage 30
AAV	$4,000,000$4.00M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$4,000,000$4.00M
Base	$4,100,000$4.10M	$3,500,000$3.50M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$3,900,000$3.90M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	$500,000$500K	-	-
Total Salary	$4,100,000$4.10M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$3,900,000$3.90M
Minors Salary	$4,100,000$4.10M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$3,900,000$3.90M
Clauses		NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	RFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out				Buy Out

Notes

12 team no trade list Yrs 3-4

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Career Stats By Contract

Regular Season

GP18

PPG0.5

PIM5

5x5 TOI/GP 11:53

PP TOI/GP 0:31

PK TOI/GP 0:02

G60 0.56

P60 2.52

GF% 57.9

xGF% 61.0

RELxGF% 2.3

CF% 59.0

REL CF% 3.9

Pen Diff -6

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP349

G82

A79

P161

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.46

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.23

Career Statline Details

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Season	Age	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	GF%	xGF%	RelxGF%	CF%	RelCF%	G60	P60	Pen Dif	TOI 5v5/GP	TOI PP/GP	TOI PK/GP	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
2025-26	29	$4,000,000 $4.00M	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	18	2	7	9	5	57.9	61.0	2.3	59.0	3.9	0.56	2.52	-6	11:53	0:31	0:02
2024-25	28	$4,000,000 $4.00M	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	61	16	13	29	18	52.8	55.0	2.2	53.0	-1.3	0.72	1.60	-2	12:19	1:30	0:05	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
2023-24	27	$4,000,000 $4.00M	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	80	17	23	40	61	47.1	54.0	1.9	53.0	0.4	0.70	1.84	1	11:49	1:20	0:07	Playoffs	11	1	3	4	0
2022-23	26	$1,125,000 $1.13M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	81	16	16	32	50	45.7	49.0	-2.6	53.0	2.0	0.80	1.54	0	11:04	1:11	0:00	Playoffs	6	1	3	4	0
2021-22	25	$1,125,000 $1.13M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	79	22	17	39	24	52.8	53.0	0.9	52.0	1.6	1.37	2.13	-12	11:05	1:23	0:01	Playoffs	23	5	4	9	0
2020-21	24	$700,000 $700K	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	30	9	3	12	16	60.9	53.0	-0.9	52.0	-1.4	1.64	2.26	-5	9:45	0:39	0:00	Playoffs	23	4	2	6	0
2020-21	24	$700,000 $700K	AHL	Syracuse Crunch	3	1	2	3	0
2019-20	23	$767,500 $768K	AHL	Syracuse Crunch	62	11	31	42	64
2018-19	22	$767,500 $768K	AHL	Syracuse Crunch	66	14	17	31	36												Playoffs	4	1	0	1	0
2017-18	21		NCAA	Univ. of Vermont	36	16	7	23	47
2016-17	20		NCAA	Univ. of Vermont	33	12	15	27	22
2015-16	19		WJAC-19	USA U19	5	4	1	5	0
2015-16	19		USHL	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	55	35	31	66	79												Playoffs	5	1	0	1	0
2014-15	18		USHL	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders	58	18	15	33	22												Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
2013-14	17		USHS-Prep	Taft School	24	25	18	43	0
2012-13	16		USHS-Prep	Princeton Day School	0	25	22	47	0
2012-13	16		AYHL 16U	New Jersey Rockets 16U AAA 2	23	22	19	41	14
2011-12	15		USHS-Prep	Princeton Day School	0	24	8	32	0
2011-12	15		AYHL 16UA	Mercer Chiefs 16U AAA 2	19	19	5	24	12
2010-11	14		AYHL 14U	Mercer Chiefs 14U AAA	30	19	28	47	26
2009-10	13		AYHL 13U	Mercer Chiefs 13U AAA	37	31	42	73	34
NHL Totals					349	82	79	161
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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

07/17

2023

Colton, Ross

4yrs

$4,000,000

Cap Hit

06/28

2023

2023 Round 2

Colton, Ross

08/9

2021

Colton, Ross

2yrs

$1,125,000

Cap Hit

10/10

2020

Colton, Ross

1yr

$700,000

Cap Hit

06/26

2018

Colton, Ross

2yrs

$767,500

Cap Hit

Transactions & Updates

Nov

Colton, Ross

Colton logged two assists, three shots on goal and a plus-2 rating in Saturday's 9-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers.

Nov

Colton, Ross

Colton scored a goal on three shots in Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Oct

Colton, Ross

Colton scored a goal on four shots and added two hits in Thursday's 2-1 win over the Utah Mammoth.

Sep

Colton, Ross

Colton (groin) participated in Monday's informal skate, per Brennan Vogt of Hockey Mountain High.

May

Colton, Ross

Colton missed the last six games with a groin pull, Evan Rawal of the Denver Gazette reports Tuesday.

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Contract History

2021-2023 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$2,250,000$2.25M

cap hit$1,125,000$1.13M

expiry 2023 RFA age 26

Signed On Aug 9 2021

Signing Agent Lewis Gross

Signed By

Signing GM Julien BriseBois

% Cap Contract Start 1.38%

Signing Status RFAage 25

Qualifying Offer $1,250,000$1.25M

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2021-22	2022-23	2023
Cap Hit	$1,125,000$1.13M	$1,125,000$1.13M	RFAage 26
AAV	$1,125,000$1.13M	$1,125,000$1.13M
Base	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,250,000$1.25M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,250,000$1.25M
Minors Salary	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,250,000$1.25M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2020-2021 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$700,000$700K

cap hit$700,000$700K

expiry 2021 RFA age 24

Signed On Oct 10 2020

Signing Agent Lewis Gross

Signed By

Signing GM Julien BriseBois

% Cap Contract Start 0.86%

Signing Status RFAage 24

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2020-21	2021
Cap Hit	$700,000$700K	RFAage 24
AAV	$700,000$700K
Base	$700,000$700K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$700,000$700K
Minors Salary	$100,000$100K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

Notes

125K Guaranteed

2018-2020 Entry Level Contract

term2yrs

value$1,535,000$1.54M

cap hit$767,500$768K

expiry 2020 RFA age 23

Signed On Jun 26 2018

Signing Agent Lewis Gross

Signed By

Signing GM Steve Yzerman

% Cap Contract Start 0.97%

Signing Status age 22

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2018-19	2019-20	2020
Cap Hit	$767,500$768K	$767,500$768K	RFAage 23
AAV	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K
Base	$650,000$650K	$700,000$700K
Performance Bonuses	$182,500$183K	$132,500$133K
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K
Total Salary	$742,500$743K	$792,500$793K
Minors Salary	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year