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Head Coach Jared Bednar
Assistant Coach Ray Bennett
Assistant Coach Nolan Pratt
Goaltending Coach Jussi Parkkila
Assistant Coach, Video Brett Heimlich
Playoff Odds 100%
Projected Cap Hit $83,880,479
Projected Cap Space $-1,280,666
Current Cap Space $3,835,833
LTIR Pool $6,753,520
Roster 25/23
Contracts 45/50
Transactions
Denis Malgin | Malgin failed to generate a shot over 8:47 of ice time in Sunday's 4-3 shootout win over the Arizona Coyotes. Mar 27
Andrew Cogliano | Cogliano had an assist, one shot on goal and one blocked shot over 9:49 of ice time in Sunday's 4-3 shootout win over the Arizona Coyotes. Mar 27
Evan Rodrigues | Rodrigues had two shots on goal over 14:00 of ice time in Sunday's 4-3 shootout win over the Arizona Coyotes. Mar 27
Bowen Byram | Byram scored a goal on three shots with one hit and two blocked shots over 19:50 of ice time in Sunday's 4-3 shootout win over the Arizona Coyotes. Mar 27
Devon Toews | Toews had a power-play assist, two shots on goal, three hits, two blocked shots and two penalty minutes over 22:18 of ice time in Sunday's 4-3 shootout win over the Arizona Coyotes. Mar 27

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Injury Report
Josh Manson
Expected Return Wed Mar 29, 2023
Josh Manson - OUT - Lower Body
Tue Mar 7, 2023
Josh Manson | Coach Jared Bednar is hopeful Manson (lower body) will be able to return by the end of March, Ryan Boulding of NHL.com reports.

Fri Mar 3, 2023
Josh Manson | Manson (lower body) "will miss some time" after tweaking something during Wednesday's game against the New Jersey Devils, Avalanche coach Jared Bednar told Kyle Fredrickson of The Denver Gazette.
Wed Mar 1, 2023
Josh Manson | Manson (undisclosed) "tweaked something" in Wednesday's game versus the New Jersey Devils, Kyle Fredrickson of The Denver Gazette reports.
Pavel Francouz
Expected Return Wed Mar 29, 2023
Pavel Francouz - OUT - Lower Body
Fri Mar 24, 2023
Pavel Francouz | Francouz (lower body) skated for the first time in six days Friday, Brennan Vogt of Full Press Hockey reports.

Tue Mar 7, 2023
Pavel Francouz | Francouz (lower body) hasn't resumed skating yet and doesn't have a timeline for his return, Kyle Fredrickson of The Denver Gazette reports.
Sun Feb 26, 2023
Pavel Francouz | Francouz (lower body) remains under the same timeline to return from injury, despite the club adding goalie Keith Kinkaid via trade from Boston, Evan Rawal of Colorado Hockey Now reports.
Fri Feb 17, 2023
Pavel Francouz | Francouz (lower body) is expected to miss the next three weeks, according to Peter Baugh of The Athletic.
Gabriel Landeskog
Expected Return Tue Apr 4, 2023
Gabriel Landeskog - IR-LT - Knee
Surgery
Tue Mar 7, 2023
Gabriel Landeskog | Landeskog (knee) may miss the entirety of the regular season, Ryan Boulding of NHL.com reports.

Fri Feb 17, 2023
Gabriel Landeskog | Landeskog (knee) will return to Denver shortly and start skating, Peter Baugh of The Athletic reports.
Artturi Lehkonen
Expected Return Tue Apr 11, 2023
Artturi Lehkonen - OUT - Finger
Surgery
Tue Mar 14, 2023
Artturi Lehkonen | Lehkonen (finger) is slated to miss 4-6 weeks, according to coach Jared Bednar, who told reporters, "We don't know how long it will be yet, generally these things are 4-6 weeks. It's his top hand which is good," per Brennan Vogt of Full Press Hockey.

Mon Mar 13, 2023
Artturi Lehkonen | Lehkonen (upper body) will not return to Monday's game in Montreal. He scored two goals, including a power-play tally, on three shots and added an assist.
Mon Mar 13, 2023
Artturi Lehkonen | Lehkonen broke his finger Monday and will return to Colorado for surgery, Peter Baugh of The Athletic reports.

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Performance Bonuses
Movement Clauses
35+ Over 35 Contract
IR - Injured Reserve
Entry Level Contract
Slide Eligible
Has Arbitration Rights
Two-way contract
(13) Forwards $47,148,333 57.1% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Helm, Darren LW 36
$1,250,000
$0
UFA
Cogliano, Andrew C 35
$1,250,000
$0
UFA
Eller, Lars C 33
$2,415,000
$0
UFA
Landeskog, Gabriel
LTIR
LW 30
$7,000,000
NMC
$7,000,000
NMC
$7,000,000
NMC
$7,000,000
M-NTC
$7,000,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2029)
Nieto, Matt LW 30
$850,000
$0
UFA
MacKinnon, Nathan C 27
$6,300,000
NMC
$12,600,000
NMC
$12,600,000
NMC
$12,600,000
NMC
$12,600,000
NMC
$0
UFA

(2031)
Compher, J.T. LW 27
$3,500,000
$0
UFA
Lehkonen, Artturi LW 27
$4,500,000
NTC
$4,500,000
NTC
$4,500,000
M-NTC
$4,500,000
M-NTC
$4,500,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2027)
Rodrigues, Evan LW 29
$2,000,000
$0
UFA
Rantanen, Mikko RW 26
$9,250,000
$9,250,000
$9,250,000
$0
UFA
Malgin, Denis C 26
$750,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Nichushkin, Valeri RW 28
$6,125,000
NMC
$6,125,000
NMC
$6,125,000
NMC
$6,125,000
M-NTC
$6,125,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2030)
O'Connor, Logan RW 26
$1,050,000
$1,050,000
$1,050,000
$0
UFA
Newhook, Alex C 22
$908,333
$0
RFA
TOTALS
$47,148,333
$40,525,000
$40,525,000
$30,225,000
$30,225,000
(9) Defence $32,194,167 39.0% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Johnson, Jack +35 D 36
$950,000
$0
UFA
Johnson, Erik D 35
$6,000,000
NMC
M-NTC
$0
UFA
Manson, Josh D 31
$4,500,000
NTC
$4,500,000
NTC
$4,500,000
M-NTC
$4,500,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2026)
MacDermid, Kurtis D 29
$987,500
$987,500
$0
UFA
Hunt, Brad D 34
$762,500
$762,500
$0
UFA
Toews, Devon D 29
$4,100,000
$4,100,000
$0
UFA
Girard, Samuel D 24
$5,000,000
$5,000,000
$5,000,000
M-NTC
$5,000,000
M-NTC
$5,000,000
M-NTC
$0
UFA

(2027)
Makar, Cale D 24
$9,000,000
$9,000,000
$9,000,000
$9,000,000
$9,000,000
$0
UFA

(2027)
Byram, Bowen D 21
$894,167
$0
RFA
TOTALS
$32,194,167
$24,350,000
$18,500,000
$18,500,000
$14,000,000
(3) Goalies $6,150,000 7.5% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Johansson, Jonas G 27
$750,000
$0
UFA
Georgiev, Alexandar G 27
$3,400,000
$3,400,000
$3,400,000
$0
UFA
Francouz, Pavel G 32
$2,000,000
$2,000,000
$0
UFA
TOTALS
$6,150,000
$5,400,000
$3,400,000
(0) Buried $0 0.0% of cap
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
TOTALS
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Roster Size

Number of players on the Active Roster. Cannot exceed 23 players. Excludes players on IR and LTIR.

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25 14 10 7
Standard Player Contracts

Number of players signed to Standard Player Contracts (SPC's). Cannot exceed 50 players. Some players do not count towards this, such as 18/19 Year-Old players in Junior with less than 10 NHL Games Played in Season.

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45 20 13 7
Upper Limit

The maximum Salary Cap Hit of all players counting towards the active roster. Often referred to as "Salary Cap". This is determined in the summer and is based on the previous season's revenues, per the CBA.

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$82,500,000 $83,500,000 $83,500,000 $83,500,000
Projected Cap Hit

Anticipated Season-End Cap Hit based on the current roster, calculated by summing all Cap Hits of players currently counting towards the Salary Cap. Assumes current roster is in effect for the remainder of season.

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$83,880,479 $70,275,000 $62,425,000 $48,725,000
Projected Cap Space

Amount of Cap Space projected to be available at end of year. Calculated as Annual Salary Cap minus Projected Cap Hit.

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$-1,280,666 $13,225,000 $21,075,000 $34,775,000
Current Cap Space

Amount of Annual Cap Hit that can be added to the roster without exceeding the Upper Limit (Salary Cap Maximum) based on the current roster. For teams using LTIR, Current Cap Space is the amount of annual cap hit that can be added without exceeding the Salary Cap by more than the team's LTIR Pool.

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$3,835,833 $13,225,000 $21,075,000 $34,775,000
Maximum LTIR Pool

The maximum amount of Long Term Injured Reserve space potentially available. This is the Cap Hit of player on LTIR less the Cap Space available for team at time player was on LTIR. A player can go on LTIR when they expect to miss 10 games and 24 days in the season. A player on LTIR does not come off of the salary cap, instead a team is allowed to exceed the cap by the LTIR amount.

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$6,753,520 $0 $0 $0
Current Roster Annual Cap Hit

Anticipated Cap Hit based on the current roster, calculated by summing all Cap Hits of players currently counting towards the Salary Cap + retained salary + buyouts.

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$85,517,500 $70,275,000 $62,425,000 $48,725,000
Carryover Bonus Overages

Teams can exceed the salary cap due to players receiving performance bonuses. If a team exceeds the salary cap due to performance bonuses, they carryover to the previous season and reduce the cap space a team has.

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$25,000 $0 $0 $0
Potential Bonuses

Performance Bonuses that players on the active roster are eligible to achieve. A team can exceed the salary cap due to performance bonuses, but they carry over to the following season.

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$3,350,000 $0 $0 $0
Retained Salary Remaining

Teams can retain salary/cap hit when they trade a player. A team can only have a maximum of 3 players that they retained salary on.

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3 3 3 3
(19) Non-Roster
Player POS Age 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026 2026-2027
Kinkaid, Keith G 33
$750,000
$0
UFA
Galchenyuk, Alex C 29
$750,000
$0
UFA
Hudon, Charles LW 28
$750,000
$0
UFA
Smallman, Spencer RW 26
$762,500
$762,500
$0
UFA
Jacobs, Josh D 27
$750,000
$0
UFA
Kamenev, Vladislav C 26
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Boikov, Sergei D 27
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Olhaver, Gustav C 25
$0
$0
UFA
Middleton, Keaton D 25
$750,000
$775,000
$775,000
$0
UFA
Maltsev, Mikhail C 25
$800,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Clurman, Nathan D 24
$842,500
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Kvaca, Petr G 25
$0
$0
UFA
Leivermann, Nick D 24
$0
$0
UFA
Merkley, Ryan D 22
$863,334
$0
RFA
Annunen, Justus G 23
$880,833
$0
RFA
Ranta, Sampo LW 22
$925,000
$0
RFA
Weiss, Tyler LW 23
$0
Saigeon, Brandon C 24
$0
$0
UFA
Kovalenko, Nikolai RW 23
$0
Shmakov, Shamil G 23
$0
Boucher, Matthew LW 25
$0
$0
UFA
Davis, Kevin D 26
$0
$0
UFA
Stienburg, Matthew C 22
$0
$0
UFA
Beaucage, Alex RW 21
$878,333
$878,333
$0
RFA
Mutala, Sasha RW 21
$0
$0
UFA
Burzan, Luka C 23
$0
$0
UFA
Miner, Trent G 22
$828,333
$828,333
$0
RFA
Joly, Michael RW 27
$0
$0
UFA
O’Connor, Logan RW 26
$0
$0
UFA
Tischke, Peter D 27
$0
$0
UFA
Foudy, Jean-Luc C 20
$847,500
$847,500
$847,500
$0
RFA
Ambrosio, Colby C 20
$0
$0
UFA
Olausson, Oskar LW 20
$894,167
$894,167
$894,167
$0
RFA
Behrens, Sean D 19
$0
$0
UFA
Buyalsky, Andrei C 22
$0
$0
UFA
Makar, Taylor C 22
$0
$0
UFA
Burke, Cal C 26
$750,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Aamodt, Wyatt D 25
$925,000
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Meyers, Ben LW 24
$912,500
$0
RFA
$0
UFA
Rydahl, Gustav C 28
$750,000
$0
UFA
Romaine, Christopher D 19
$0
$0
UFA
Zhigalov, Ivan G 19
$0
$0
UFA
TOTALS
$15,610,000
$4,985,833
$2,516,667