Colorado Avalanche (COL)
Est. 1979
Current Cap Hit: $106,989,165
Projected Cap Hit:
$106,989,165
Projected Cap Space:
$-11,489,165
Contracts: 33
Roster: 34
Injuries: 1
Retained Contracts: 0
Team logo history
Draft Picks
| Season | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 |
| 2024-2025 |
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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 | 29 | UFA | $12,600,000 | $12,600,000 | $12,600,000 | $12,600,000 | $12,600,000 | $12,600,000 | |
| 29 | Brock Nelson | NTC | C | 33 | 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 | ||
| 13 | Charlie Coyle | NMC, M-NTC | C | 33 | UFA | $5,250,000 | ||||||
| 62 | Artturi Lehkonen | M-NTC | LW | 29 | UFA | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 | |||||
| 20 | Ross Colton | M-NTC | C | 28 | UFA | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | |||||
| 28 | Miles Wood | M-NTC | LW | 29 | UFA | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | |||
| 25 | Logan O'Connor | M-NTC | RW | 28 | UFA | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | |
| 18 | Jack Drury | C | 25 | RFA | $1,725,000 | |||||||
| Taylor Makar | LW | 24 | RFA | $925,000 | ||||||||
Cooper Gay
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RW | 23 | RFA | $872,500 | $872,500 | |||||||
| 38 |
Chase Bradley
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LW | 23 | RFA | $872,500 | |||||||
| Zakhar Bardakov | C | 24 | RFA | $867,500 | ||||||||
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Oskar Olausson
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RW | 22 | RFA | $863,333 | |||||||
| 82 |
Ivan Ivan
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C | 22 | RFA | $845,000 | |||||||
| 17 | Parker Kelly | LW | 26 | UFA | $825,000 | |||||||
| 85 |
Nikita Prishchepov
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C | 21 | RFA | $806,666 | $806,666 | ||||||
| 48 | Tye Felhaber | LW | 26 | UFA | $775,000 | |||||||
| # | Defense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 8 | Cale Makar | D | 26 | 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 | M-NTC | D | 27 | UFA | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | |||||
| 42 | Josh Manson | M-NTC | D | 33 | UFA | $4,500,000 | ||||||
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Sean Behrens
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D | 22 | RFA | $905,833 | $905,833 | ||||||
| 89 |
Saige Weinstein
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D | 20 | RFA | $783,333 | $783,333 | $783,333 | |||||
| 4 | Jacob MacDonald | D | 32 | UFA | $775,000 | |||||||
| 43 | Calle Rosén | D | 31 | UFA | $775,000 | |||||||
| 67 | Keaton Middleton | D | 27 | UFA | $775,000 | $775,000 | ||||||
| 5 | Wyatt Aamodt | D | 27 | UFA | $775,000 | $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 | 32 | UFA | $1,500,000 | |||||||
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Ilya Nabokov
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G | 22 | RFA | $975,000 | $975,000 | |||||||
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Isak Posch
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G | 23 | RFA | $872,500 | $872,500 | |||||||
| # | Free Agents | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 70 | Sam Malinski | D | 26 | RFA | ||||||||
| 94 | Joel Kiviranta | LW | 29 | UFA | ||||||||
| 26 | Jimmy Vesey | LW | 32 | UFA | ||||||||
| 27 | Jonathan Drouin | LW | 30 | UFA | ||||||||
| 77 | Erik Johnson | D | 37 | UFA | ||||||||
| 55 | Ryan Lindgren | D | 27 | UFA | ||||||||
| # | LTIR | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 5 | Tucker Poolman | D | 32 | UFA |
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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 | ||
| Jason Polin | RW | 26 | RFA | ||||||||
| Jean-Luc Foudy | C | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| Matthew Stienburg | C | 24 | RFA | ||||||||
| William Dufour | RW | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| John Ludvig | D | 24 | RFA | ||||||||
| Kevin Mandolese | G | 24 | RFA | ||||||||
| Trent Miner | G | 24 | RFA | ||||||||
| Chris Wagner | RW | 34 | UFA | ||||||||
| Matthew Phillips | C | 27 | UFA | ||||||||
| T.J. Tynan | C | 33 | UFA | ||||||||
| Jere Innala | LW | 27 | UFA | ||||||||
| Jack Ahcan | D | 28 | UFA | ||||||||
| Adam Scheel | G | 26 | UFA | ||||||||
Reserve Rights
| Player | Age | Position | Expiration | Draft | Pick | |
| Jason Polin | 25 | RW | Qualifying Offer | Undrafted | N/A | |
| Jean-Luc Foudy | 23 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 75 OA (round 3) |
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| John Ludvig | 24 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2019 | 69 OA (round 3) |
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| Kevin Mandolese | 24 | G | Qualifying Offer | 2018 | 157 OA (round 6) |
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| Matthew Stienburg | 24 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2019 | 63 OA (round 3) |
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| Sam Malinski | 26 | D | Qualifying Offer | Undrafted | N/A | |
| Trent Miner | 24 | G | Qualifying Offer | 2019 | 202 OA (round 7) |
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| William Dufour | 23 | RW | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 152 OA (round 5) |
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| 2025 Expiration | ||||||
| Maroš Jedlička | 22 | RW,LW | 2025-06-01 | 2023 | 219 OA (round 7) |
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| 2027 Expiration | ||||||
| Chris Romaine | 21 | D | 2027-08-15 | 2022 | 193 OA (round 6) |
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| 2028 Expiration | ||||||
| Maxmilian Curran | 18 | C | 2028-06-01 | 2024 | 161 OA (round 5) |
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| Jake Fisher | 20 | F | 2028-08-15 | 2024 | 121 OA (round 4) |
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| Tory Pitner | 19 | D | 2028-08-15 | 2024 | 185 OA (round 6) |
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| 2029 Expiration | ||||||
| Christian Humphreys | 19 | C | 2029-08-15 | 2024 | 215 OA (round 7) |
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| Louka Cloutier | 18 | G | 2029-08-15 | 2024 | 132 OA (round 5) |
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| Other Expiration | ||||||
| Ivan Yunin | 19 | G | Indefinite | 2024 | 137 OA (round 5) |
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| Mikhail Gulyayev | 20 | D | Indefinite | 2023 | 31 OA (round 1) |
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| Nikita Ishimnikov | 20 | D | Indefinite | 2023 | 155 OA (round 5) |
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| Shamil Shmakov | 25 | G | Indefinite | 2018 | 202 OA (round 7) |
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| Vladislav Kamenev | 28 | C | Indefinite | 2014 | 42 OA (round 2) |
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