Colorado Avalanche 2020-2021 Salary Cap
An updated look at the Colorado Avalanche 2020-2021 salary cap table, including team cap space, buyouts, buried & retained salary, & complete breakdowns of player cap hits, salaries, and bonuses.
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| Player (20) | Pos. | Age | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Total Cap Hit |
Adj. Cap Hit |
Cap % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikko Rantanen | RW | 23 | $12,000,000 | - | - | $12,000,000 | $9,250,000 | $9,250,000 | 11.61 | |
| Nathan MacKinnon | C | 25 | $6,150,000 | - | - | $6,150,000 | $6,300,000 | $6,300,000 | 7.91 | |
| Erik Johnson | D | 32 | $6,000,000 | - | - | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | 7.53 | |
| Gabriel Landeskog | LW | 27 | $6,500,000 | - | - | $6,500,000 | $5,571,429 | $5,571,429 | 6.99 | |
| Brandon Saad | LW | 27 | $6,500,000 | - | - | $6,500,000 | $6,000,000 | $5,000,000 | 6.28 | |
| Samuel Girard | D | 22 | $5,000,000 | - | - | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | 6.28 | |
| Andre Burakovsky | LW | 25 | $4,400,000 | - | - | $4,400,000 | $4,900,000 | $4,900,000 | 6.15 | |
| Nazem Kadri | C | 29 | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | - | $4,000,000 | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 | 5.65 | |
| Ian Cole | D | 31 | $3,000,000 | - | - | $3,000,000 | $4,250,000 | $4,250,000 | 5.33 | |
| Devon Toews | D | 26 | $2,350,000 | - | - | $2,350,000 | $4,100,000 | $4,100,000 | 5.15 | |
| Joonas Donskoi | RW | 28 | $2,900,000 | - | - | $2,900,000 | $3,900,000 | $3,900,000 | 4.89 | |
| J.T Compher | C | 25 | $2,600,000 | - | - | $2,600,000 | $3,500,000 | $3,500,000 | 4.39 | |
| Phillip Grubauer | G | 28 | $2,750,000 | - | - | $2,750,000 | $3,333,333 | $3,333,333 | 4.18 | |
| Ryan Graves | D | 25 | $2,500,000 | - | - | $2,500,000 | $3,166,666 | $3,166,666 | 3.97 | |
| Matt Calvert | LW | 30 | $1,875,000 | - | - | $1,875,000 | $2,850,000 | $2,850,000 | 3.58 | |
| Valeri Nichushkin | RW | 25 | $2,200,000 | - | - | $2,200,000 | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | 3.14 | |
| Pavel Francouz | G | 30 | $2,300,000 | - | - | $2,300,000 | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | 2.51 | |
| Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | LW | 35 | $1,450,000 | - | - | $1,450,000 | $1,800,000 | $1,800,000 | 2.26 | |
| Cale Makar | D | 21 | $832,500 | $92,500 | $2,500,000 | $925,000 | $880,833 | $880,833 | 1.11 | |
| Tyson Jost | C | 22 | $874,125 | - | - | $874,125 | $874,125 | $874,125 | 1.10 |
2020-2021 Cap Totals
Salary cap totals including salaries, buyout figures, and projected floor & cap space.
| Cap Type | Total |
|---|---|
| 2020-2021 NHL Salary Cap Max | $81,500,000 |
| 2020-2021 NHL Salary Cap Floor | $60,200,000 |
| Active Contracts | $80,676,386 |
| Total Allocated Cap | $80,676,386 |
| Cap Space | $1,823,614 |
| Cap Type | Cap Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 Salary Cap Max | $81,500,000 | ||||||||
| 2020-2021 Salary Cap Floor | $60,200,000 | ||||||||
| Overage/Adjustment | $0 | ||||||||
| Denver's Adjusted Salary Cap | $81,500,000 | ||||||||
| Cap Type | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Cap Total | Adjusted Cap Total | |||
| Active Contracts | $74,181,625 | $2,092,500 | $2,500,000 | $76,274,125 | $80,676,386 | $79,676,386 | |||
| Total Cap Allocations | $74,181,625 | $2,092,500 | $2,500,000 | - | $80,676,386 | $79,676,386 | |||
| Cap Space | $1,823,614 | ||||||||
2020-2021 Non-Roster Players
Salaries from players currently in the system. denotes a buried salary that counts against the payroll.
| Player (24) | Pos. | Age | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Total Cap Hit |
Adj. Cap Hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Bowers | C | 21 | $832,500 | $92,500 | $150,000 | $70,000 | $925,000 | $925,000 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 19 | $832,500 | $92,500 | $2,500,000 | $70,000 | $925,000 | $925,000 |
| Josh Dickinson | C | 22 | $832,500 | $92,500 | $212,500 | $70,000 | $925,000 | $925,000 |
| Dennis Gilbert | D | 23 | $832,500 | $92,500 | - | $70,000 | $925,000 | $925,000 |
| Conor Timmins | D | 22 | $832,500 | $92,500 | - | $70,000 | $925,000 | $925,000 |
| Martin Kaut | RW | 20 | $832,500 | $92,500 | $425,000 | $70,000 | $894,167 | $894,167 |
| Justus Annunen | G | 20 | $700,000 | $92,500 | $257,500 | $70,000 | $880,833 | $880,833 |
| Adam Werner | G | 23 | $775,000 | $92,500 | $57,500 | $70,000 | $842,500 | $842,500 |
| Josh Anderson | D | 26 | $700,000 | $80,000 | $20,000 | $70,000 | $816,666 | $816,666 |
| T.J. Tynan | C | 28 | $800,000 | - | - | $800,000 | $800,000 | $800,000 |
| Nick Henry | RW | 21 | $700,000 | $80,000 | $20,000 | $70,000 | $798,333 | $798,333 |
| Igor Shvyrev | C | 22 | $700,000 | $92,500 | $132,500 | $70,000 | $775,833 | $775,833 |
| Sheldon Dries | C | 26 | $771,750 | - | - | $395,000 | $771,750 | $771,750 |
| Travis Barron | LW | 22 | $755,000 | $55,000 | - | $70,000 | $741,666 | $741,666 |
| Jacob MacDonald | D | 27 | $700,000 | - | - | $350,000 | $725,000 | $725,000 |
| Hunter Miska | G | 25 | $700,000 | - | - | $100,000 | $725,000 | $725,000 |
| Logan O'Connor | C | 0 | $700,000 | - | - | $200,000 | $725,000 | $725,000 |
| Ty Lewis | LW | 22 | $700,000 | - | - | $70,000 | $716,666 | $716,666 |
| Kyle Burroughs | D | 25 | $700,000 | - | - | $150,000 | $700,000 | $700,000 |
| Jayson Megna | C | 30 | $700,000 | - | - | $350,000 | $700,000 | $700,000 |
| Dan Renouf | D | 26 | $700,000 | - | - | $350,000 | $700,000 | $700,000 |
| Miikka Salomaki | RW | 27 | $700,000 | - | - | $350,000 | $700,000 | $700,000 |
| Kiefer Sherwood | LW | 25 | $700,000 | - | - | $700,000 | $700,000 | $700,000 |
| Mike Vecchione | C | 27 | $700,000 | - | - | $700,000 | $700,000 | $700,000 |