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Colorado Avalanche

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'22

2025-26 Cap Overview

Projected Cap Space

$1,000,364

Current Cap Space

$1,150,119

Deadline Cap Space

$4,573,093

Projected Playoff Cap Space

$10,682,500

Projected Cap Hit

$94,499,636

$70.60M

Floor

$95.50M

Limit

Annual Cap Hit $94,447,161

Projected Playoff Cap Hit $84,817,500

Bonus Overages $0

Potential Bonuses $4,057,500

LTIR Pool $2,222,161

Active Roster 21/23

Standard Contracts 46/50

Retained Remaining 3/3

Transactions

Nov

Aamodt, Wyatt

Aamodt was assigned to AHL Colorado on Saturday.

Oct

Makar, Taylor

Makar was called up from AHL Colorado on Friday.

Oct

Necas, Martin

8yrs

'34

$11,500,000

Cap Hit

Oct

Aamodt, Wyatt

Aamodt was promoted from AHL Colorado on Thursday.

Oct

Barre-Boulet, Alex

Barre-Boulet scored two goals in AHL Colorado's 2-1 win over Bakersfield on Wednesday.

All Transactions Signings Trades

Active Injuries

OUT

Brindley, Gavin

Upper Body

Day to Day

Girard, Samuel

Upper Body

Day to Day

Kiviranta, Joel

Lower Body

Day to Day

LTIR

O'Connor, Logan

Hip

Day to Day

OUT

Prishchepov, Nikita

Undisclosed

Day to Day

OUT

MacDonald, Jacob

Hip

Month to Month

All Injuries

Cap Projections

Daily Tracker

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29
NHL Cap Limit	$95,500,000$95.50M	$104,000,000$104.00M	$113,500,000$113.50M	$113,500,000$113.50M
Projected Cap Hit	$94,499,636$94.50M	$88,650,000$88.65M	$65,375,000$65.38M	$53,925,000$53.93M
Projected Cap Space	$1,000,364$1.00M	$15,350,000$15.35M	$48,125,000$48.13M	$59,575,000$59.58M
Annual Cap Hit	$94,447,161$94.45M	$88,650,000$88.65M	$65,375,000$65.38M	$53,925,000$53.93M
Current Cap Space	$1,150,119$1.15M	$15,350,000$15.35M	$48,125,000$48.13M	$59,575,000$59.58M
Deadline Cap Space	$4,573,093$4.57M	-	-	-
LTIR Pool	$2,222,161$2.22M
Actual Salary Paid
Bonus Overages	-	-	-	-
Potential Bonuses	$4,057,500$4.06M	-	-	-
Active Roster	21/23	15/23	10/23	8/23
Standard Contracts	46/50	25/50	11/50	8/50
Retained Remaining

2026 NHL Draft

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Round	Pick Value	Trade Details
1	14.49	Mar 6 2025 \| Traded Away The Colorado Avalanche acquired Brock Nelson and William Dufour from the New York Islanders for Calum Ritchie, Oliver Kylington, a conditional 2026 1st round pick, and a conditional 2028 3rd round pick Trade Analysis
2	5.71	Dec 9 2024 \| Traded Away The Colorado Avalanche acquired Mackenzie Blackwood, Givani Smith and a 2027 5th round pick from the San Jose Sharks for Alexandar Georgiev, Nikolai Kovalenko, a 2026 2nd round pick, and 2025 5th round pick Trade Analysis
3	2.05	Nov 30 2024 \| Traded Away The Minnesota Wild acquired David Jiricek and a 2025 5th round pick from the Columbus Blue Jackets for Daemon Hunt, a 2025 1st round pick, 2026 3rd round pick, 2026 4th round pick, and 2027 2nd round pick Trade Analysis
4	0.98
4	0.98	Jan 24 2025 The Colorado Avalanche acquired Martin Necas, Jack Drury, 2025 2nd Round Pick and 2026 4th Round Pick from Carolina Hurricanes for Nils Juntorp as part of Mikko Rantanen 3-way trade Trade Analysis
5	0.54	Mar 6 2024 The Colorado Avalanche acquired Sean Walker and 2026 5th Round Pick from the Philadelphia Flyers for Ryan Johansen and conditional 2025 1st Round Pick Trade Analysis
5	0.54	Mar 7 2025 The Colorado Avalanche acquired Charlie Coyle and a 2026 5th round pick from the Boston Bruins for Casey Mittelstadt, William Zellers and a 2025 2nd round pick Trade Analysis
5	0.54
6	0.29	Jun 28 2025 \| Traded Away The Ottawa Senators acquired Jordan Spence from the Los Angeles Kings for a 2025 3rd round pick (#67) and a 2026 6th round pick Trade Analysis
7	0.14	Dec 28 2024 The Colorado Avalanche acquired Juuso Parssinen and a 2026 7th round pick from the Nashville Predators for Ondrej Pavel and a 2027 3rd round pick Trade Analysis
7	0.14	Jul 15 2024 The Colorado Avalanche acquired Kevin Mandolese and a 2026 7th round pick from the Ottawa Senators for a 2026 6th round pick Trade Analysis
7	0.14

2027 NHL Draft

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Round	Pick Value	Trade Details
1	14.49
2	5.71	Jun 27 2025 The Columbus Blue Jackets acquired Charlie Coyle from the Colorado Avalanche for Gavin Brindley, a 2025 3rd round pick (#77) and a 2027 2nd round pick Trade Analysis
2	5.71
3	2.05	Dec 28 2024 \| Traded Away The Colorado Avalanche acquired Juuso Parssinen and a 2026 7th round pick from the Nashville Predators for Ondrej Pavel and a 2027 3rd round pick Trade Analysis
4	0.98
5	0.54	Dec 9 2024 The Colorado Avalanche acquired Mackenzie Blackwood, Givani Smith and a 2027 5th round pick from the San Jose Sharks for Alexandar Georgiev, Nikolai Kovalenko, a 2026 2nd round pick, and 2025 5th round pick Trade Analysis
5	0.54
6	0.29
7	0.14

2028 NHL Draft

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Round	Pick Value	Trade Details
1	14.49
2	5.71
3	2.05	May 3 2025 The Colorado Avalanche acquired Brock Nelson and William Dufour from the New York Islanders for Calum Ritchie, Oliver Kylington, a conditional 2026 1st round pick, and a conditional 2028 3rd round pick. (2028 3rd round pick condition not met) Trade Analysis
4	0.98
5	0.54
6	0.29
7	0.14

2029 NHL Draft

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Round	Pick From	Pick Value	Trade Details
1		14.49
2		5.71
3		2.05
4		0.98
5		0.54
6		0.29
7		0.14

2030 NHL Draft

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Round	Pick From	Pick Value	Trade Details
1		14.49
2		5.71
3		2.05
4		0.98
5		0.54
6		0.29
7		0.14

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Draft Pick Summary

	Round 1	2	3	4	5	6	7
2026	0	0	0	2	3	0	3
2027	1	2	0	1	2	1	1
2028	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Pick Value Total 56.59

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Full Roster Breakdown

The Colorado Avalanche have $1,000,364 in projected cap space and a projected cap hit of $94,499,636. The team currently has an active roster of 21 players, with 46 players under contract.

Forwards

$57,917,500$57.92M

60.6% of cap

Abbreviated $Amounts

Player	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30
Nelson, Brock age34 posC shotl	$7,500,000$7.50M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$7,500,000$7.50M	$0 UFA
Landeskog, Gabriel C age32 posLW,RW shotl	$7,000,000$7.00M	$7,000,000$7.00M	$7,000,000$7.00M	$7,000,000$7.00M	$0 UFA
MacKinnon, Nathan A age30 posC shotr	$12,600,000$12.60M	$12,600,000$12.60M	$12,600,000$12.60M	$12,600,000$12.60M	$12,600,000$12.60M	$0 UFA 2031
Lehkonen, Artturi age30 posLW,RW shotl	$4,500,000$4.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	$0 UFA
Olofsson, Victor age30 posLW,RW shotl	$1,575,000$1.58M	$0 UFA
Colton, Ross age29 posLW,C shotl	$4,000,000$4.00M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$0 UFA
Necas, Martin age26 posC,RW shotr	$6,500,000$6.50M	$11,500,000$11.50M	$11,500,000$11.50M	$11,500,000$11.50M	$11,500,000$11.50M	$0 UFA 2034
Drury, Jack age25 posC shotl	$1,725,000$1.73M	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Nichushkin, Valeri age30 posRW shotl	$6,125,000$6.13M	$6,125,000$6.13M	$6,125,000$6.13M	$6,125,000$6.13M	$6,125,000$6.13M	$0 UFA 2030
O'Connor, Logan age29 posRW shotr LTIR	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$0 UFA 2031
Kelly, Parker age26 posLW,C shotl	$825,000$825K	$1,700,000$1.70M	$1,700,000$1.70M	$1,700,000$1.70M	$1,700,000$1.70M	$0 UFA 2030
Kiviranta, Joel age29 posLW,RW shotl IR	$1,250,000$1.25M	$0 UFA
Bardakov, Zakhar age24 posC shotl	$867,500$868K	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Brindley, Gavin age21 posRW shotr	$950,000$950K	$0 RFA
Totals	$57,917,500$57.92M	$57,425,000$57.43M	$48,925,000$48.93M	$41,425,000$41.43M	$34,425,000$34.43M

Defence

$29,700,000$29.70M

31.1% of cap

Player	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30
Burns, Brent age40 posRD shotr	$1,000,000$1.00M	$0 UFA
Manson, Josh age34 posRD shotr	$4,500,000$4.50M	$3,950,000$3.95M	$3,950,000$3.95M	$0 UFA
Toews, Devon age31 posLD shotl	$7,250,000$7.25M	$7,250,000$7.25M	$7,250,000$7.25M	$7,250,000$7.25M	$7,250,000$7.25M	$0 UFA 2031
Girard, Samuel age27 posLD shotl IR	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$0 UFA
Makar, Cale A age27 posRD shotr	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$0 UFA
Solovyov, Ilya age25 posLD shotl	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA-Group6		$0 UFA
Aamodt, Wyatt age27 posD shotl	$775,000$775K	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
Malinski, Sam age27 posLD,RD shotr	$1,400,000$1.40M	$0 UFA
Totals	$29,700,000$29.70M	$25,975,000$25.98M	$11,200,000$11.20M	$7,250,000$7.25M	$7,250,000$7.25M

Goaltenders

$6,750,000$6.75M

7.1% of cap

Player	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30
Wedgewood, Scott age33 catchesL	$1,500,000$1.50M	$0 UFA
Blackwood, MacKenzie age28 catchesL	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$0 UFA 2030
Totals	$6,750,000$6.75M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M

Buried

0.0% of cap

Player	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30
Totals

Buyout & Cap Charges

$79,661$80K

0.1% of cap

Player	2025-26	2026-27
MacDonald, Jacob- Season Opening IR	$4,036$4K	$0
Prishchepov, Nikita - Season Opening IR	$75,625$76K	$0
Totals	$79,661$80K

Retained

0.0% of cap

Player	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30
Totals

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Roster vs Non-roster Players

All players on the NHL Roster have their cap hit count towards the team's cap hit.
Players who are not on the NHL Roster (in other leagues) do not count against the cap up to the burying threshold. Non-roster players who have a cap hit above the burying threshold carry a cap charge for the excess.
The team's cap hit each day includes players who are on the NHL Roster as of 5pm Eastern.
Players assigned to the minors must clear waivers if they are not waivers exempt.
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Non-roster Forwards

$9,746,667$9.75M

Abbreviated $Amounts

Player	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30
Tynan, TJ age33 posC shotr	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
Ranta, Sampo age25 posLW,RW shotl	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Barre-Boulet, Alex age28 posC,W shotl	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
Felhaber, Tye age27 posLW,C shotl	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
Stienburg, Matthew age25 posC shotr	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA-Group6		$0 UFA
Gushchin, Danil age23 posLW,RW shotl	$775,000$775K	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
Bradley, Chase age23 posLW,C shotl	$872,500$873K	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
Makar, Taylor age24 posLW,C shotl	$925,000$925K	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Polin, Jason age26 posRW shotr	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
Nielsen, Tristen age25 posLW,C shotl	$775,000$775K	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
Ivan, Ivan age23 posC shotl	$845,000$845K	$0 RFA
Prishchepov, Nikita age21 posC,LW shotl	$806,667$807K	$806,667$807K	$0 RFA
Gay, Cooper age23 posRW shotl	$872,500$873K	$872,500$873K	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Totals	$9,746,667$9.75M	$2,454,167$2.45M

Non-roster Defence

$5,699,167$5.70M

Player	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29
Boikov, Sergei age29 posD shotl	$0 RFA
Middleton, Keaton age27 posD shotl	$775,000$775K	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
MacDonald, Jacob age32 posD,LW shotl	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
Attard, Ronald age26 posD shotr	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
Ahcan, Jack age28 posD shotl	$775,000$775K	$0 UFA
Behrens, Sean age22 posD shotl	$905,833$906K	$905,833$906K	$0 RFA
Gagne, Alex age23 posD shotl	$910,000$910K	$910,000$910K	$0 RFA
Weinstein, Saige age20 posD shotl	$783,334$783K	$783,334$783K	$783,334$783K	$0 RFA
Totals	$5,699,167$5.70M	$3,374,167$3.37M	$783,334$783K

Non-roster Goaltenders

$2,622,500$2.62M

Player	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30
Miner, Trent age24 catchesL	$775,000$775K	$775,000$775K	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Nabokov, Ilya age22 catchesL	$975,000$975K	$975,000$975K	$0 RFA
Posch, Isak age23 catchesL	$872,500$873K	$872,500$873K	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Totals	$2,622,500$2.62M	$2,622,500$2.62M