Colorado Avalanche 2023-2024 Salary Cap

An updated look at the Colorado Avalanche 2023-2024 salary cap table, including team cap space, buyouts, buried & retained salary, & complete breakdowns of player cap hits, salaries, and bonuses.

Player (24) Pos. Age Base Salary Signing Bonus Perf. Bonus Total Salary Total
Cap Hit
Adj.
Cap Hit
Cap % Notes
MacKinnon Nathan MacKinnon C 28 $775,000 $15,725,000 - $16,500,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 13.96
Rantanen Mikko Rantanen RW 27 $9,500,000 - - $9,500,000 $9,250,000 $9,250,000 10.25 M-NTC
Makar Cale Makar D 25 $11,000,000 - - $11,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 9.97
Nichushkin Valeri Nichushkin RW 28 $7,500,000 - - $7,500,000 $6,125,000 $6,125,000 6.78 NMC
Girard Samuel Girard D 25 $5,000,000 - - $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $5,000,000 5.54
Lehkonen Artturi Lehkonen LW 28 $5,000,000 - - $5,000,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 4.98 Full-NTC
Manson Josh Manson D 32 $5,000,000 - - $5,000,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 4.98 Full-NTC
Toews Devon Toews D 29 $5,900,000 - - $5,900,000 $4,100,000 $4,100,000 4.54
Colton Ross Colton C 27 $4,100,000 - - $4,100,000 $4,000,000 $4,000,000 4.43
Georgiev Alexander Georgiev G 27 $3,700,000 - - $3,700,000 $3,400,000 $3,400,000 3.77
Walker Sean Walker D 29 $3,350,000 - - $754,177 $2,650,000 $2,650,000 2.94
Wood Miles Wood LW 28 $3,250,000 - - $3,250,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 2.77 M-NTC
Mittelstadt Casey Mittelstadt C 25 $2,600,000 - - $585,359 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 2.77
Trenin Yakov Trenin C 27 $1,700,000 - - $373,842 $1,700,000 $1,700,000 1.88
Duhaime Brandon Duhaime RW 26 $1,100,000 - - $241,878 $1,100,000 $1,100,000 1.22
O'Connor Logan O'Connor C 27 $1,000,000 - - $1,000,000 $1,050,000 $1,050,000 1.16
Cogliano Andrew Cogliano LW 36 $825,000 - - $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 0.91
Drouin Jonathan Drouin LW 28 $825,000 - - $825,000 $825,000 $825,000 0.91
Johnson Jack Johnson D 37 $775,000 - - $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 0.86
Wagner Chris Wagner C 32 $775,000 - - $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 0.86 Two-Way
Jones Caleb Jones D 26 $775,000 - - $775,000 $775,000 $653,338 0.72
Kiviranta Joel Kiviranta LW 27 $775,000 - - $775,000 $775,000 $637,106 0.71 Two-Way
Parise Zach Parise LW 39 $825,000 - - $825,000 $825,000 $345,520 0.38
Annunen Justus Annunen G 23 $775,000 - - $775,000 $775,000 $324,640 0.36 Two-Way
 

2023 Long Term Injured Reserve Cap

Player (2) Pos. Age Base Salary Signing Bonus Perf. Bonus Total Salary Total
Cap Hit
Adj.
Cap Hit
Cap %
Landeskog Gabriel Landeskog
(Knee)
LW 31 $9,000,000 - - $9,000,000 $7,000,000 $7,000,000 7.75
Francouz Pavel Francouz
(Groin)
G 33 $1,750,000 - - $1,750,000 $2,000,000 $2,000,000 2.22
 

2023 Buried Cap

Player (10) Pos. Age Base Salary Signing Bonus Perf. Bonus Total Salary Total
Cap Hit
Adj.
Cap Hit
Cap %
FoudyJean-Luc Foudy C 21 $775,000 $92,500 $57,500 $867,500 $847,500 $604,642 0.67
OlofssonFrederik Olofsson LW 27 $775,000 - - $775,000 $775,000 $564,062 0.62
ProsvetovIvan Prosvetov G 24 $775,000 - - $775,000 $775,000 $474,786 0.53
MalinskiSam Malinski D 25 $775,000 $75,000 - $850,000 $850,000 $235,850 0.26
TufteRiley Tufte LW 25 $775,000 - - $775,000 $775,000 $60,870 0.07
PolinJason Polin RW 24 $775,000 $95,000 $80,000 $149,660 $870,000 $54,660 0.06
SchuenemanCorey Schueneman D 28 $775,000 - - $775,000 $775,000 $28,406 0.03
AhcanJack Ahcan D 26 $775,000 - - $775,000 $775,000 $20,290 0.02
PavelOndrej Pavel C 23 $775,000 $95,000 $80,000 $870,000 $870,000 $13,665 0.02
OlaussonOskar Olausson RW 21 $832,500 $92,500 - $925,000 $894,167 $9,364 0.01
 

2023 Retained Cap

Player (5) Pos. Age Base Salary Signing Bonus Perf. Bonus Total Salary   Total
Cap Hit
Adj.
Cap Hit
Cap %
MeyersBen Meyers LW 25 $73,044 - - $73,044 $73,044 $73,044 0.08
JohansenRyan Johansen C 31 $6,198,945 - - $6,198,945 - - 0.00
ByramBowen Byram D 22 $2,386,582 - - $2,386,582 - - 0.00
MacdermidKurtis Macdermid D 29 $748,672 - - $748,672 - - 0.00
TatarTomas Tatar LW 33 $518,375 - - $518,375 - - 0.00
 

2023-2024 Cap Totals

Salary cap totals including salaries, buyout figures, and projected floor & cap space.

Cap Type Adj Cap Total
2023-2024 NHL Salary Cap Max $83,500,000
2023-2024 NHL Salary Cap Floor $61,790,000
Active Contracts $79,135,604
Long Term Reserve Money $9,000,000
Buried Money $2,066,595
Retained Money $73,044
Total Allocated Cap $90,275,243
Cap Type Cap Total
2023-2024 Salary Cap Max $83,500,000
2023-2024 Salary Cap Floor $61,790,000
Overage/Adjustment $-637,500
Denver's Adjusted Salary Cap $82,862,500
Cap Type Base Salary Signing Bonus Perf. Bonus Total Salary Cap Total Adjusted Cap Total
Active Contracts $76,825,000 $15,725,000 - $85,755,256 $80,325,000 $79,135,604
Long Term Injured Reserve $10,750,000 - - $10,750,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000
Buried $7,807,500 $450,000 $217,500 $7,537,160 $2,066,595 $2,066,595
Retained Money $9,925,618 - - $9,925,618 $73,044 $73,044
Total Cap Allocations $105,308,118 $16,175,000 $217,500 - $91,464,639 $90,275,243
Long Term Injured Reserve Utilized - - - - - $-7,412,743
Cap Space $0


2023-2024 Non-Roster Players

Salaries from players currently in the system. denotes a buried salary that counts against the payroll.

Player (22) Pos. Age Base Salary Signing Bonus Perf. Bonus Total Salary Total
Cap Hit
Adj.
Cap Hit
Cap %
FoudyJean-Luc Foudy C 21 $775,000 $92,500 $57,500 $80,000 $847,500 $604,642 0.67
OlofssonFrederik Olofsson LW 27 $775,000 - - $300,000 $775,000 $564,062 0.62
ProsvetovIvan Prosvetov G 24 $775,000 - - $225,000 $775,000 $474,786 0.53
MalinskiSam Malinski D 25 $775,000 $75,000 - $150,000 $850,000 $235,850 0.26
TufteRiley Tufte LW 25 $775,000 - - - $775,000 $60,870 0.07
PolinJason Polin RW 24 $775,000 $95,000 $80,000 $82,500 $870,000 $54,660 0.06
SchuenemanCorey Schueneman D 28 $775,000 - - $400,000 $775,000 $28,406 0.03
AhcanJack Ahcan D 26 $775,000 - - $400,000 $775,000 $20,290 0.02
PavelOndrej Pavel C 23 $775,000 $95,000 $80,000 $82,500 $870,000 $13,665 0.02
OlaussonOskar Olausson RW 21 $832,500 $92,500 - $80,000 $894,167 $9,364 0.01
StienburgMatthew Stienburg C 23 $775,000 $95,000 $80,000 $82,500 $898,750 - 0.00
KovalenkoNikolai Kovalenko RW 24 $832,500 $92,500 - $70,000 $896,250 - 0.00
BeaucageAlex Beaucage RW 22 $775,000 $92,500 - $775,000 $878,333 - 0.00
FairbrotherGianni Fairbrother D 23 $775,000 $85,000 - $70,000 $848,333 - 0.00
MinerTrent Miner G 22 $775,000 $70,000 - $70,000 $828,333 - 0.00
WeinsteinSaige Weinstein D 18 $775,000 $25,000 - $70,000 $800,000 - 0.00
AamodtWyatt Aamodt D 26 $775,000 - - $100,000 $775,000 - 0.00
ClurmanNathan Clurman D 25 $775,000 - - $100,000 $775,000 - 0.00
HolmArvid Holm G 25 $775,000 - - - $775,000 - 0.00
MiddletonKeaton Middleton D 25 $775,000 - - $250,000 $775,000 - 0.00
HuntBrad Hunt D 35 $775,000 - - $450,000 $762,500 - 0.00
SmallmanSpencer Smallman RW 27 $775,000 - - $400,000 $762,500 - 0.00