Colorado Avalanche Active Financial Summary

A summary of financial breakdowns for the Colorado Avalanche, including multi-year cap totals, player cap hits, top earnings, contracts, & free agents.

 

Salary Cap Breakdown Totals

A current & future look at the signed players & cap dollars allocated by position group.

    2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Total Cap Allocations   $107,379,710 $85,464,167 $64,957,500 $57,975,000 $35,475,000
Signed Players   53 24 13 9 5
Forwards   $46,907,626 $47,921,250 $36,725,000 $36,725,000 $28,225,000
Defensemen   $26,678,338 $25,750,000 $25,750,000 $21,250,000 $7,250,000
Goaltending   $3,724,640 $4,237,500 $837,500
Injured Reserve   $1,050,000
Suspended  
Buried/Buyout/Dead Cap  


 

Roster Cap Figures

Current & future salary payroll figures for players on the active roster. For more view the complete Avalanche Salary Payroll Table

Forward Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Nathan MacKinnon C $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000
Mikko Rantanen RW $9,250,000 M-NTC $9,250,000 M-NTC 0UFA 0- 0-
Gabriel Landeskog LW $7,000,000 NMC $7,000,000 NMC $7,000,000 M-NTC $7,000,000 M-NTC $7,000,000 M-NTC
Valeri Nichushkin RW $6,125,000 NMC $6,125,000 NMC $6,125,000 M-NTC $6,125,000 M-NTC $6,125,000 M-NTC
Artturi Lehkonen LW $4,500,000 Full-NTC $4,500,000 M-NTC $4,500,000 M-NTC $4,500,000 M-NTC 0UFA
Ross Colton C $4,000,000 $4,000,000 Full-NTC $4,000,000 M-NTC $4,000,000 M-NTC 0UFA
Miles Wood LW $2,500,000 M-NTC $2,500,000 $2,500,000 M-NTC $2,500,000 M-NTC $2,500,000 M-NTC
Casey Mittelstadt C $2,500,000 0RFA 0- 0- 0-
Yakov Trenin C $1,700,000 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
Brandon Duhaime RW $1,100,000 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
Logan O'Connor C $1,050,000 $1,050,000 0UFA 0- 0-
Jonathan Drouin LW $825,000 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
Andrew Cogliano LW $825,000 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
Zach Parise LW $345,520 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
Joel Kiviranta LW $637,106 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
 
Defenseman Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Cale Makar D $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 0UFA
Samuel Girard D $5,000,000 $5,000,000 M-NTC $5,000,000 M-NTC $5,000,000 M-NTC 0UFA
Josh Manson D $4,500,000 Full-NTC $4,500,000 M-NTC $4,500,000 M-NTC 0UFA 0-
Devon Toews D $4,100,000 $7,250,000 M-NTC $7,250,000 M-NTC $7,250,000 M-NTC $7,250,000 M-NTC
Sean Walker D $2,650,000 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
Jack Johnson D $775,000 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
Caleb Jones D $653,338 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
 
Goaltending Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Alexander Georgiev G $3,400,000 $3,400,000 0UFA 0- 0-
Pavel Francouz G $2,000,000 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
Justus Annunen G $324,640 $837,500 $837,500 0RFA 0-
   

Dead Cap Figures

Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Ben Meyers LW $73,044 0- 0- 0- 0-
Ryan Johansen C 0- 0- 0- 0- 0-
Bowen Byram D 0- 0- 0- 0- 0-
Kurtis Macdermid D 0- 0- 0- 0- 0-
Tomas Tatar LW 0- 0- 0- 0- 0-
 

 

Non-Roster Forwards Money

Player Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
StienburgMatthew Stienburg C $898,750 $898,750 RFA - -
KovalenkoNikolai Kovalenko RW $896,250 $896,250 RFA - -
OlaussonOskar Olausson RW $9,364 $894,167 RFA - -
BeaucageAlex Beaucage RW $878,333 RFA - - -
PavelOndrej Pavel C $13,665 $870,000 RFA - -
PolinJason Polin RW $54,660 RFA - - -
FoudyJean-Luc Foudy C $604,642 $847,500 RFA - -
TufteRiley Tufte LW $60,870 RFA - - -
OlofssonFrederik Olofsson LW $584,352 UFA - - -
WagnerChris Wagner C $616,816 UFA - - -
SmallmanSpencer Smallman RW $762,500 UFA - - -
 

Non-Roster Defensemen Money

Player Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
MalinskiSam Malinski D $235,850 $850,000 RFA - -
FairbrotherGianni Fairbrother D $848,333 RFA - - -
WeinsteinSaige Weinstein D $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 RFA -
SchuenemanCorey Schueneman D $28,406 UFA - - -
AhcanJack Ahcan D $20,290 $775,000 UFA - -
AamodtWyatt Aamodt D $775,000 RFA - - -
MiddletonKeaton Middleton D $775,000 $775,000 UFA - -
ClurmanNathan Clurman D $775,000 RFA - - -
HuntBrad Hunt D $762,500 UFA - - -
 

Non-Roster Goaltenders Money

Player Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
MinerTrent Miner G $828,333 RFA - - -
ProsvetovIvan Prosvetov G $474,786 RFA - - -
HolmArvid Holm G $775,000 RFA - - -