Colorado Avalanche (COL)
Est. 1979
Current Cap Hit: $108,472,499
Projected Cap Hit:
$108,472,499
Projected Cap Space:
$-4,472,499
Contracts: 31
Roster: 31
Injuries: 0
Retained Contracts: 0
Team logo history
Draft Picks
| Season | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 |
| 2025-2026 |
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| 2027-2028 |
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NHL Roster
| # | Offense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 29 | Nathan MacKinnon | NMC | C | 30 | UFA | $12,640,000 | $12,640,000 | $12,640,000 | $12,640,000 | $12,640,000 | ||
| 88 | Martin Nečas | NMC | C | 27 | UFA | $11,500,000 | $11,500,000 | $11,500,000 | $11,500,000 | $11,500,000 | $11,500,000 | + |
| 11 | Brock Nelson | C | 34 | UFA | $7,500,000 | $7,500,000 | ||||||
| 92 | Gabriel Landeskog | NMC, M-NTC | LW | 33 | UFA | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | ||||
| 91 | Nazem Kadri (Ret: 20.0%) | M-NTC | C | 35 | UFA | $5,600,000 | $5,600,000 | $5,600,000 | ||||
| 13 | Valeri Nichushkin | M-NTC | RW | 31 | UFA | $6,125,000 | $6,125,000 | $6,125,000 | $6,125,000 | |||
| 62 | Artturi Lehkonen | M-NTC | LW | 30 | UFA | $4,500,000 | ||||||
| 55 | Nicolas Roy | C | 29 | UFA | $3,000,000 | |||||||
| 25 | Logan O'Connor | M-NTC | RW | 29 | UFA | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | ||
| 17 | Parker Kelly | LW | 27 | UFA | $1,700,000 | $1,700,000 | $1,700,000 | $1,700,000 | ||||
Matthew DiMarsico
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C | 22 | RFA | $980,000 | $980,000 | |||||||
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T.J. Hughes
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F | 24 | RFA | $952,500 | ||||||||
| 58 |
Cooper Gay
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RW | 24 | RFA | $947,500 | |||||||
| 85 |
Nikita Prishchepov
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C | 22 | RFA | $881,666 | |||||||
| 54 |
Gavin Brindley
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C | 21 | RFA | $875,000 | $875,000 | ||||||
| 57 |
Tristen Nielsen
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C | 26 | UFA | $850,000 | |||||||
| # | Defense | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 8 | Cale Makar | D | 27 | UFA | $9,000,000 | |||||||
| 7 | Devon Toews | M-NTC | D | 32 | UFA | $7,250,000 | $7,250,000 | $7,250,000 | $7,250,000 | $7,250,000 | ||
| 70 | Sam Malinski | NTC | D | 27 | UFA | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 | |||
| 42 | Josh Manson | M-NTC | D | 34 | UFA | $3,950,000 | $3,950,000 | |||||
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Gustav Stjernberg
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D | 23 | RFA | $980,000 | $980,000 | |||||||
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Sean Behrens
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D | 23 | RFA | $942,500 | |||||||
| 45 |
Alex Gagne
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D | 23 | RFA | $910,000 | |||||||
| 89 |
Saige Weinstein
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D | 21 | RFA | $883,333 | $883,333 | ||||||
| 67 | Keaton Middleton | D | 28 | UFA | $850,000 | |||||||
| 5 | Wyatt Aamodt | D | 28 | UFA | $850,000 | |||||||
| # | Goaltending | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
| 39 | Mackenzie Blackwood | M-NTC | G | 29 | UFA | $5,250,000 | $5,250,000 | $5,250,000 | $5,250,000 | |||
| 41 | Scott Wedgewood | G | 33 | UFA | $2,500,000 | |||||||
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Nikita Novosyolov
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G | 22 | RFA | $980,000 | $980,000 | |||||||
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Ilya Nabokov
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G | 23 | RFA | $975,000 | ||||||||
| 50 | Trent Miner | G | 25 | RFA | $850,000 | |||||||
| # | Free Agents | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | |
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Chase Bradley
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LW | 24 | RFA | ||||||||
| 18 | Jack Drury | C | 26 | RFA | ||||||||
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Zakhar Bardakov
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C | 25 | RFA | ||||||||
| 27 | Alex Barré-Boulet | C | 29 | UFA | ||||||||
| 14 | Jason Polin | RW | 27 | UFA | ||||||||
| 94 | Joel Kiviranta | LW | 30 | UFA | ||||||||
| 37 | Nick Blankenburg | D | 28 | UFA | ||||||||
| 84 | Brent Burns | D | 41 | UFA | ||||||||
| 77 | Brett Kulak | D | 32 | UFA |
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Non-Roster
Money in parentheses is the base NHL cap hit
| Non-roster | Position | Age | Expires As | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | 2031-2032 | ||
| Danil Gushchin | LW | 24 | RFA | ||||||||
| Ivan Ivan | C | 23 | RFA | ||||||||
| Taylor Makar | LW | 25 | RFA | ||||||||
| Matthew Stienburg | C | 25 | UFA | ||||||||
| T.J. Tynan | C | 34 | UFA | ||||||||
| Tye Felhaber | LW | 27 | UFA | ||||||||
| Valtteri Puustinen | RW | 27 | UFA | ||||||||
| Jack Ahcan | D | 29 | UFA | ||||||||
| Ronnie Attard | D | 27 | UFA | ||||||||
| Jacob MacDonald | D | 33 | UFA | ||||||||
Reserve Rights
| Player | Age | Position | Expiration | Draft | Pick | |
| Jean-Luc Foudy | 24 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 75 OA (round 3) |
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| John Ludvig | 25 | D | Qualifying Offer | 2019 | 69 OA (round 3) |
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| William Dufour | 24 | RW | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 152 OA (round 5) |
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| Chase Bradley | 24 | LW | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 203 OA (round 7) |
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| Danil Gushchin | 24 | LW | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 76 OA (round 3) |
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| Ivan Ivan | 23 | C | Qualifying Offer | Undrafted | N/A | |
| Jack Drury | 26 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2018 | 42 OA (round 2) |
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| Taylor Makar | 25 | LW | Qualifying Offer | 2021 | 220 OA (round 7) |
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| Zakhar Bardakov | 25 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2021 | 203 OA (round 7) |
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| 2027 Expiration | ||||||
| Francesco Dell'Elce | 20 | D | 2027-06-01 | 2025 | 77 OA (round 3) |
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| Chris Romaine | 22 | D | 2027-08-15 | 2022 | 193 OA (round 6) |
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| 2028 Expiration | ||||||
| Jake Fisher | 21 | F | 2028-08-15 | 2024 | 121 OA (round 4) |
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| Tory Pitner | 20 | D | 2028-08-15 | 2024 | 185 OA (round 6) |
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| 2029 Expiration | ||||||
| Linus Funck | 19 | D | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 118 OA (round 4) |
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| Nolan Roed | 20 | C | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 214 OA (round 7) |
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| Christian Humphreys | 20 | C | 2029-08-15 | 2024 | 215 OA (round 7) |
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| Louka Cloutier | 19 | G | 2029-08-15 | 2024 | 132 OA (round 5) |
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| Other Expiration | ||||||
| Ivan Yunin | 20 | G | Indefinite | 2024 | 137 OA (round 5) |
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| Mikhail Gulyayev | 21 | D | Indefinite | 2023 | 31 OA (round 1) |
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| Nikita Ishimnikov | 21 | D | Indefinite | 2023 | 155 OA (round 5) |
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| Shamil Shmakov | 26 | G | Indefinite | 2018 | 202 OA (round 7) |
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| Vladislav Kamenev | 29 | C | Indefinite | 2014 | 42 OA (round 2) |
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