Colorado Avalanche

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Head Coach Jared Bednar

Assistant Coach Ray Bennett
Assistant Coach Nolan Pratt
Goaltending Coach Jussi Parkkila

Colorado Eagles (AHL)

Utah Grizzlies (ECHL)

Projected Cap Hit	$81,662,439
Projected Cap Space	$242,677
Current Cap Space	$242,677
LTIR Pool	$0
Roster	27/23
Contracts	49/50

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Mikko Rantanen \| Rantanen provided a power-play assist, two shots on goal, three hits and a minus-2 rating in Thursday's 4-1 loss to the Blues in Game 2.	May 19
Nathan MacKinnon \| MacKinnon posted a power-play assist and three shots on goal in Thursday's 4-1 loss to the Blues in Game 2.	May 19
Gabriel Landeskog \| Landeskog scored a power-play goal on three shots in Thursday's 4-1 loss to the Blues in Game 2.	May 19
Darcy Kuemper \| Kuemper allowed three goals on 31 shots in a 4-1 loss to the Blues in Thursday's Game 2. The fourth goal was an empty-netter.	May 19
Darcy Kuemper \| Kuemper will guard the home goal in Thursday's Game 2 versus the Blues, Peter Baugh of The Athletic reports.	May 19

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Line Combinations Updated: May 19 (6:19pm)

Nichushkin $2,500,0002.5M	MacKinnon $6,300,0006.3M	Rantanen $9,250,0009.3M	Toews $4,100,0004.1M	Makar $9,000,0009M
Line 1 $18,050,000			Pairing 1 $13,100,000
Landeskog $7,000,0007M	Kadri $4,500,0004.5M	Lehkonen $1,150,0001.2M	Girard $5,000,0005M	Manson $2,050,0002.1M
Line 2 $12,650,000			Pairing 2 $7,050,000
Burakovsky $4,900,0004.9M	Compher $3,500,0003.5M	Aube-Kubel $1,075,0001.1M	Byram $894,1670.9M	Johnson $6,000,0006M
Line 3 $9,475,000			Pairing 3 $6,894,167
Cogliano $500,0000.5M	Sturm $725,0000.7M	Helm $1,000,0001M	Kuemper $3,500,0013.5M	Francouz $2,000,0002M
Line 4 $2,225,000			Goalies $5,500,001

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Performance Bonuses
Movement Clauses
35+ Over 35 Contract
IR - Injured Reserve
Taxi Squad

Entry Level Contract
Waiver Exempt
Has Arbitration Rights
Two-way contract

(14) Forwards $44,033,333 54.0% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026
Helm, Darren	LW NHL --> 0	35	$1,000,000	$0 UFA
Cogliano, Andrew	C NHL --> 0	34	$500,000	$0 UFA
Kadri, Nazem	C NHL --> 0	31	$4,500,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA
Landeskog, Gabriel	LW NHL --> 0	29	$7,000,000 NMC	$7,000,000 NMC	$7,000,000 NMC	$7,000,000 NMC	$7,000,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA (2029)
MacKinnon, Nathan	C NHL --> 0	26	$6,300,000 M-NTC	$6,300,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA
Aube-Kubel, Nicolas	RW NHL --> 0	26	$1,075,000	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Burakovsky, Andre	LW NHL --> 0	27	$4,900,000	$0 UFA
Compher, J.T.	LW NHL --> 0	27	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$0 UFA
Lehkonen, Artturi	LW NHL --> 0	26	$1,150,000	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Kamenev, Vladislav	C NHL --> 0	25	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
Rantanen, Mikko	RW NHL --> 0	25	$9,250,000	$9,250,000	$9,250,000	$9,250,000	$0 UFA (2025)
Nichushkin, Valeri	RW NHL --> 0	27	$2,500,000	$0 UFA
O'Connor, Logan	RW NHL --> 0	25	$725,000	$1,050,000	$1,050,000	$1,050,000	$0 UFA (2025)
Sturm, Nico	C NHL --> 0	27	$725,000	$0 UFA
Newhook, Alex	C NHL --> 0	21	$908,333	$908,333	$0 RFA
TOTALS			$44,033,333	$28,008,333	$17,300,000	$17,300,000	$7,000,000

(10) Defence $31,394,167 38.5% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026
Johnson, Jack	D NHL --> 0	35	$750,000	$0 UFA
Johnson, Erik	D NHL --> 0	34	$6,000,000 NMC M-NTC	$6,000,000 NMC M-NTC	$0 UFA
Manson, Josh	D NHL --> 0	30	$2,050,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA
Murray, Ryan	D NHL --> 0	28	$2,000,000	$0 UFA
MacDermid, Kurtis	D NHL --> 0	28	$875,000	$987,500	$987,500	$0 UFA
Toews, Devon	D NHL --> 0	28	$4,100,000	$4,100,000	$4,100,000	$0 UFA
Girard, Samuel	D NHL --> 0	24	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000	$5,000,000 M-NTC	$5,000,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA (2027)
Makar, Cale	D NHL --> 0	23	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	$9,000,000	$0 UFA (2027)
MacDonald, Jacob	D NHL --> 0	29	$725,000	$0 UFA
Byram, Bowen	D NHL --> 0	20	$894,167	$894,167	$0 RFA
TOTALS			$31,394,167	$25,981,667	$19,087,500	$14,000,000	$14,000,000

(3) Goalies $6,380,834 7.8% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025
Kuemper, Darcy	G NHL --> 0	32	$3,500,001	$0 UFA
Annunen, Justus	G NHL --> 0	22	$880,833	$880,833	$0 RFA
Francouz, Pavel	G NHL --> 0	31	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	$0 UFA
TOTALS			$6,380,834	$2,880,833	$2,000,000

(0) Buried $0 0.0% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026
TOTALS

Cap Summary Projection Share Copy Link Embed Tweet It
	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025
Roster Size Number of players on the Active Roster. Cannot exceed 23 players. Excludes players on IR and LTIR. Learn More Or Ask A Question	27	14	8	5
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. Learn More Or Ask A Question	49	25	13	5
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. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$81,500,000	$82,500,000	$82,500,000	$82,500,000
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. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$81,662,439	$56,870,833	$38,387,500	$31,300,000
Projected Cap Space Amount of Cap Space projected to be available at end of year. Calculated as Annual Salary Cap minus Projected Cap Hit. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$242,677	$25,629,167	$44,112,500	$51,200,000
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. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$242,677	$25,629,167	$44,112,500	$51,200,000
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. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$0	$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. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$83,549,797	$56,870,833	$38,387,500	$31,300,000
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. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$1,741,463	$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. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$3,475,000	$3,475,000	$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. Learn More Or Ask A Question	3	3	3	3

(22) Non-Roster

Player	POS	Age	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025	2025-2026
Cowen, Jared	D --> 0 -->	31	$0
Ranford, Brendan	LW --> 0 -->	30	$0
Matteau, Stefan	C MIN --> 0 -->	28	$750,000	$0 UFA
Megna, Jayson	C MIN --> 0 -->	32	$750,000	$750,000	$0 UFA
McKeown, Roland	D MIN --> 0 -->	26	$750,000	$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Sikura, Dylan	RW MIN --> 0 -->	26	$800,000	$0 UFA
Gilbert, Dennis	D MIN --> 0 -->	25	$750,000	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Boikov, Sergei	D MIN --> 0 -->	26	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Olhaver, Gustav	C --> 0 -->	24	$0				$0 UFA
Middleton, Keaton	D MIN --> 0 -->	24	$742,500	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
Maltsev, Mikhail	C MIN --> 0 -->	24	$809,167	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
Clurman, Nathan	D MIN --> 0 -->	24	$842,500	$842,500	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Miska, Hunter	G MIN --> 0 -->	26	$725,000	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Bowers, Shane	C MIN --> 0 -->	22	$925,000	$0 RFA
Henry, Nick	RW MIN --> 0 -->	24	$798,333	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
Kvaca, Petr	G --> 0 -->	24	$0				$0 UFA
Leivermann, Nick	D --> 0 -->	23	$0
Shaw, Brady	LW --> 0 -->	29	$0
Kaut, Martin	RW MIN --> 0 -->	22	$863,334	$863,334	$0 RFA
Ranta, Sampo	LW MIN --> 0 -->	21	$925,000	$925,000	$0 RFA
Weiss, Tyler	LW --> 0 -->	22	$0
Saigeon, Brandon	C --> 0 -->	23	$0				$0 UFA
Zhuravlyov, Danila	D --> 0 -->	22		$855,000	$855,000
Kovalenko, Nikolai	RW --> 0 -->	22	$0
Shmakov, Shamil	G --> 0 -->	22	$0
Sherwood, Kiefer	RW MIN --> 0 -->	27	$750,000	$0 UFA
Gross, Jordan	D MIN --> 0 -->	27	$750,000	$0 UFA
Boucher, Matthew	LW --> 0 -->	24	$0					$0 UFA
Davis, Kevin	D --> 0 -->	25	$0					$0 UFA
Stienburg, Matthew	C --> 0 -->	21	$0					$0 UFA
Beaucage, Alex	RW MIN --> 0 -->	20	$878,333	$878,333	$878,333	$0 RFA
Mutala, Sasha	RW --> 0 -->	21	$0					$0 UFA
Burzan, Luka	C --> 0 -->	22	$0					$0 UFA
Miner, Trent	G MIN --> 0 -->	21	$828,333	$828,333	$828,333	$0 RFA
Joly, Michael	RW --> 0 -->	27	$0					$0 UFA
Larocque, Sasha	D --> 0 -->	28	$0					$0 UFA
OConnor, Logan	RW --> 0 -->	25	$0					$0 UFA
Tischke, Peter	D --> 0 -->	26	$0					$0 UFA
Foudy, Jean-Luc	C MIN --> 0 -->	20	$878,333	$878,333	$878,333	$0 RFA
Ambrosio, Colby	C --> 0 -->	19	$0					$0 UFA
Aman, Nils	C --> 0 -->	22	$0					$0 UFA
Wingerli, Andreas	C MIN --> 0 -->	24	$842,500	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
Olausson, Oskar	LW MIN --> 0 -->	19	$925,000	$925,000	$925,000	$0 RFA
Behrens, Sean	D --> 0 -->	19	$0					$0 UFA
Buyalsky, Andrei	C --> 0 -->	21	$0					$0 UFA
Makar, Taylor	C --> 0 -->	21	$0					$0 UFA
Burke, Cal	C MIN --> 0 -->	25	$861,940	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Aamodt, Wyatt	D --> 0 -->	24		$925,000			$0 UFA
Meyers, Ben	LW MIN --> 0 -->	23	$912,500	$912,500	$0 RFA
TOTALS			$18,057,773	$9,583,333	$4,364,999