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Oct 01, 2022
The Athletic NHL Staff
Colorado Avalanche 2022-2023 Salary Cap
An updated look at the Colorado Avalanche 2022-2023 salary cap table, including team cap space, buyouts, buried & retained salary, & complete breakdowns of player cap hits, salaries, and bonuses.
| Player (21) | Pos. | Age | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Total Cap Hit |
Adj. Cap Hit |
Cap % | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikko Rantanen | RW | 26 | $6,000,000 | - | - | $6,000,000 | $9,250,000 | $9,250,000 | 11.59 | ||
| Cale Makar | D | 24 | $9,000,000 | - | - | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | 11.28 | ||
| Gabriel Landeskog | LW | 30 | $7,500,000 | - | - | $7,500,000 | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | 8.77 | NMC Two-Way | |
| Nathan MacKinnon | C | 27 | $6,850,000 | - | - | $6,850,000 | $6,300,000 | $6,300,000 | 7.89 | M-NTC | |
| Valeri Nichushkin | RW | 27 | $6,000,000 | - | - | $6,000,000 | $6,125,000 | $6,125,000 | 7.67 | NMC | |
| Erik Johnson | D | 34 | $6,000,000 | - | - | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | 7.52 | M-NTC | |
| Samuel Girard | D | 24 | $5,000,000 | - | - | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | 6.26 | ||
| Josh Manson | D | 31 | $5,500,000 | - | - | $5,500,000 | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 | 5.64 | Full-NTC | |
| Artturi Lehkonen | LW | 27 | $5,000,000 | - | - | $5,000,000 | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 | 5.64 | ||
| Devon Toews | D | 28 | $4,600,000 | - | - | $4,600,000 | $4,100,000 | $4,100,000 | 5.14 | ||
| J.T Compher | C | 27 | $3,500,000 | - | - | $3,500,000 | $3,500,000 | $3,500,000 | 4.39 | ||
| Alexander Georgiev | G | 26 | $3,600,000 | - | - | $3,600,000 | $3,400,000 | $3,400,000 | 4.26 | ||
| Pavel Francouz | G | 32 | $2,250,000 | - | - | $2,250,000 | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | 2.51 | ||
| Evan Rodrigues | LW | 29 | $2,000,000 | - | - | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | 2.51 | ||
| Andrew Cogliano | LW | 35 | $1,250,000 | - | - | $1,250,000 | $1,250,000 | $1,250,000 | 1.57 | ||
| Darren Helm | C | 36 | $1,250,000 | - | - | $1,250,000 | $1,250,000 | $1,250,000 | 1.57 | ||
| Logan O'Connor | C | 0 | $900,000 | - | - | $900,000 | $1,050,000 | $1,050,000 | 1.32 | ||
| Kurtis Macdermid | D | 28 | $975,000 | - | - | $975,000 | $987,500 | $987,500 | 1.24 | ||
| Alex Newhook | C | 22 | $832,500 | $92,500 | $850,000 | $925,000 | $908,333 | $908,333 | 1.14 | Two-Way | |
| Bowen Byram | D | 21 | $832,500 | - | $2,500,000 | $832,500 | $894,167 | $894,167 | 1.12 | Two-Way | |
| Lukas Sedlak | C | 29 | $800,000 | - | - | $800,000 | $800,000 | $800,000 | 1.00 | Two-Way |
2022-2023 Cap Totals
Salary cap totals including salaries, buyout figures, and projected floor & cap space.
| Cap Type | Adj Cap Total |
|---|---|
| 2022-2023 NHL Salary Cap Max | $82,500,000 |
| 2022-2023 NHL Salary Cap Floor | $61,000,000 |
| Active Contracts | $79,815,000 |
| Total Allocated Cap | $79,815,000 |
| Cap Space | $2,660,000 |
| Cap Type | Cap Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 Salary Cap Max | $82,500,000 | ||||||||
| 2022-2023 Salary Cap Floor | $61,000,000 | ||||||||
| Overage/Adjustment | $-25,000 | ||||||||
| Denver's Adjusted Salary Cap | $82,475,000 | ||||||||
| Cap Type | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Cap Total | Adjusted Cap Total | |||
| Active Contracts | $79,640,000 | $92,500 | $3,350,000 | $79,732,500 | $79,815,000 | $79,815,000 | |||
| Total Cap Allocations | $79,640,000 | $92,500 | $3,350,000 | - | $79,815,000 | $79,815,000 | |||
| Cap Space | $2,660,000 | ||||||||
2022-2023 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyatt Aamodt | D | 25 | $832,500 | $92,500 | - | $80,000 | $925,000 | $925,000 |
| Oskar Olausson | RW | 20 | $832,500 | $92,500 | - | $80,000 | $925,000 | $925,000 |
| Sampo Ranta | LW | 22 | $832,500 | $92,500 | $425,000 | $70,000 | $925,000 | $925,000 |
| Ben Meyers | LW | 24 | $832,500 | $92,500 | $212,500 | $80,000 | $912,500 | $912,500 |
| Nils Åman | C | 22 | $750,000 | $92,500 | $82,500 | $70,000 | $883,750 | $883,750 |
| Justus Annunen | G | 22 | $832,500 | $92,500 | $125,000 | $70,000 | $880,833 | $880,833 |
| Jean-Luc Foudy | C | 20 | $775,000 | $92,500 | $57,500 | $80,000 | $878,333 | $878,333 |
| Alex Beaucage | RW | 21 | $750,000 | $92,500 | $57,500 | $70,000 | $878,333 | $878,333 |
| Martin Kaut | RW | 23 | $832,500 | - | $425,000 | $70,000 | $863,333 | $863,333 |
| Danila Zhuravlyov | D | 22 | $750,000 | $92,500 | $82,500 | $70,000 | $855,000 | $855,000 |
| Nathan Clurman | D | 24 | $750,000 | $92,500 | $82,500 | $70,000 | $842,500 | $842,500 |
| Trent Miner | G | 21 | $750,000 | $70,000 | - | $70,000 | $828,333 | $828,333 |
| Mikhail Maltsev | LW | 24 | $800,000 | - | - | $200,000 | $800,000 | $800,000 |
| Brad Hunt | D | 34 | $750,000 | - | - | $400,000 | $762,500 | $762,500 |
| Jacob MacDonald | D | 29 | $750,000 | - | - | $750,000 | $762,500 | $762,500 |
| Spencer Smallman | RW | 26 | $750,000 | - | - | $350,000 | $762,500 | $762,500 |
| Anton Blidh | LW | 27 | $750,000 | - | - | $350,000 | $750,000 | $750,000 |
| Callahan Burke | C | 25 | $750,000 | - | - | $100,000 | $750,000 | $750,000 |
| Andreas Englund | D | 27 | $750,000 | - | - | $200,000 | $750,000 | $750,000 |
| Charles Hudon | LW | 28 | $750,000 | - | - | $750,000 | $750,000 | $750,000 |
| Josh Jacobs | D | 26 | $750,000 | - | - | $250,000 | $750,000 | $750,000 |
| Jayson Megna | C | 32 | $750,000 | - | - | $350,000 | $750,000 | $750,000 |
| Keaton Middleton | D | 24 | $750,000 | - | - | $100,000 | $750,000 | $750,000 |
| Keaton Middleton | D | 24 | $750,000 | $35,000 | - | $70,000 | $742,500 | $742,500 |
