Colorado Avalanche 2019-2020 Salary Cap
An updated look at the Colorado Avalanche 2019-2020 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 (23) | Pos. | Age | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Total Cap Hit |
Adj. Cap Hit |
Cap % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikko Rantanen | RW | 22 | $12,000,000 | - | - | $12,000,000 | $9,250,000 | $9,250,000 | 12.37 | |
| Nathan MacKinnon | C | 24 | $6,750,000 | - | - | $6,750,000 | $6,300,000 | $6,300,000 | 8.42 | |
| Gabriel Landeskog | LW | 26 | $6,000,000 | - | - | $6,000,000 | $5,571,429 | $5,571,429 | 7.45 | |
| Nazem Kadri | C | 28 | $2,500,000 | $2,000,000 | - | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 | 6.02 | |
| Ian Cole | D | 30 | $4,750,000 | - | - | $4,750,000 | $4,250,000 | $4,250,000 | 5.68 | |
| Joonas Donskoi | RW | 27 | $4,900,000 | - | - | $4,900,000 | $3,900,000 | $3,900,000 | 5.21 | |
| J.T Compher | C | 24 | $3,400,000 | - | - | $3,400,000 | $3,500,000 | $3,500,000 | 4.68 | |
| Phillip Grubauer | G | 27 | $3,900,000 | - | - | $3,900,000 | $3,333,333 | $3,333,333 | 4.46 | |
| Andre Burakovsky | LW | 24 | $3,250,000 | - | - | $3,250,000 | $3,250,000 | $3,250,000 | 4.35 | |
| Nikita Zadorov | D | 24 | $3,200,000 | - | - | $3,200,000 | $3,200,000 | $3,200,000 | 4.28 | |
| Matt Calvert | LW | 29 | $2,925,000 | - | - | $2,925,000 | $2,850,000 | $2,850,000 | 3.81 | |
| Colin Wilson | C | 29 | $2,600,000 | - | - | $2,600,000 | $2,600,000 | $2,600,000 | 3.48 | |
| Matt Nieto | LW | 26 | $1,975,000 | - | - | $1,975,000 | $1,975,000 | $1,975,000 | 2.64 | |
| Pierre-Edouard Bellemare | LW | 34 | $2,150,000 | - | - | $2,150,000 | $1,800,000 | $1,800,000 | 2.41 | |
| Mark Barberio | D | 29 | $1,450,000 | - | - | $1,450,000 | $1,450,000 | $1,450,000 | 1.94 | |
| Pavel Francouz | G | 29 | $950,000 | - | - | $950,000 | $950,000 | $950,000 | 1.27 | |
| Tyson Jost | C | 21 | $832,500 | - | $850,000 | $832,500 | $885,833 | $885,833 | 1.18 | |
| Cale Makar | D | 20 | $832,500 | $92,500 | $2,500,000 | $925,000 | $880,833 | $880,833 | 1.18 | |
| Valeri Nichushkin | RW | 24 | $850,000 | - | - | $850,000 | $850,000 | $850,000 | 1.14 | |
| Vladislav Kamenev | C | 23 | $750,000 | - | - | $750,000 | $750,000 | $750,000 | 1.00 | |
| Ryan Graves | D | 24 | $735,000 | - | - | $735,000 | $735,000 | $735,000 | 0.98 | |
| Samuel Girard | D | 21 | $700,000 | - | $182,500 | $700,000 | $728,333 | $728,333 | 0.97 | |
| Calle Rosen | D | 25 | $750,000 | - | - | $750,000 | $750,000 | $532,224 | 0.71 |
2019 Injured Reserve Cap
| Player (1) | Pos. | Age | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Total Cap Hit |
Adj. Cap Hit |
Cap % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Johnson (Concussion) |
D | 31 | $6,000,000 | - | - | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | 8.02 |
2019 Buyout Cap
| Player (1) | Pos. | Age | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Total Cap Hit |
Adj. Cap Hit |
Cap % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks Orpik | D | 39 | - | - | - | - | $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 | 2.01 |
2019 Retained Cap
| Player (1) | Pos. | Age | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Total Cap Hit |
Adj. Cap Hit |
Cap % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyson Barrie | D | 28 | $3,000,000 | - | - | $3,000,000 | $2,750,000 | $2,750,000 | 3.68 |
2019-2020 Cap Totals
Salary cap totals including salaries, buyout figures, and projected floor & cap space.
| Cap Type | Total |
|---|---|
| 2019-2020 NHL Salary Cap Max | $81,500,000 |
| 2019-2020 NHL Salary Cap Floor | $60,200,000 |
| Active Contracts | $64,259,761 |
| Injured Reserve Money | $6,000,000 |
| Buried Money | $495,153 |
| Buyout Money | $1,500,000 |
| Retained Money | $2,750,000 |
| Total Allocated Cap | $75,004,914 |
| Cap Space | $6,712,862 |
| Cap Type | Cap Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-2020 Salary Cap Max | $81,500,000 | ||||||||
| 2019-2020 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 | $68,150,000 | $2,092,500 | $3,532,500 | $70,242,500 | $64,259,761 | $64,041,985 | |||
| Injured Reserve | $6,000,000 | - | - | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | |||
| Buried | $6,035,000 | $185,000 | $212,500 | $6,220,000 | $495,153 | $495,153 | |||
| Buyout Money | - | - | - | - | $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 | |||
| Retained Money | $3,000,000 | - | - | $3,000,000 | $2,750,000 | $2,750,000 | |||
| Total Cap Allocations | $83,185,000 | $2,277,500 | $3,745,000 | - | $75,004,914 | $74,787,138 | |||
| Cap Space | $6,712,862 | ||||||||
2019-2020 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Bowers | C | 20 | $832,500 | $92,500 | $100,000 | $70,000 | $925,000 | $925,000 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 18 | $832,500 | $92,500 | $2,500,000 | $70,000 | $925,000 | $925,000 |
| Josh Dickinson | C | 21 | $832,500 | $92,500 | $212,500 | $70,000 | $925,000 | $925,000 |
| Martin Kaut | RW | 19 | $832,500 | $92,500 | $425,000 | $70,000 | $925,000 | $925,000 |
| Josh Anderson | D | 25 | $700,000 | $80,000 | $20,000 | $70,000 | $816,666 | $816,666 |
| Nick Henry | RW | 20 | $700,000 | $85,000 | $65,000 | $70,000 | $798,333 | $798,333 |
| Igor Shvyrev | C | 21 | $700,000 | $92,500 | $132,500 | $70,000 | $775,833 | $775,833 |
| Jacob MacDonald | D | 26 | $800,000 | - | - | $250,000 | $750,000 | $750,000 |
| Anton Lindholm | D | 24 | $735,000 | - | - | $150,000 | $742,500 | $742,500 |
| Travis Barron | LW | 21 | $755,000 | $55,000 | - | $70,000 | $741,666 | $741,666 |
| Mark Alt | D | 27 | $750,000 | - | - | $300,000 | $725,000 | $725,000 |
| Ty Lewis | LW | 21 | $700,000 | $50,000 | - | $70,000 | $716,666 | $716,666 |
| Dan Renouf | D | 25 | $700,000 | - | - | $275,000 | $700,000 | $700,000 |
| T.J. Tynan | C | 27 | $700,000 | - | - | $425,000 | $700,000 | $700,000 |
| Kevin Connauton | D | 29 | $1,500,000 | - | - | $1,500,000 | $1,375,000 | $300,000 |
| Jayson Megna | C | 29 | $700,000 | - | - | $350,000 | $700,000 | $94,075 |
| Adam Werner | G | 22 | $725,000 | $92,500 | $107,500 | $70,000 | $842,500 | $67,950 |
| A.J. Greer | LW | 22 | $735,000 | - | - | $90,000 | $735,000 | $31,616 |
| Conor Timmins | D | 21 | $832,500 | $92,500 | - | $70,000 | $925,000 | $29,838 |
| Antoine Bibeau | G | 25 | $700,000 | - | - | - | $675,000 | $21,774 |
| Logan O'Connor | C | 0 | $832,500 | $92,500 | $212,500 | $70,000 | $925,000 | $9,946 |
| Sheldon Dries | C | 26 | $735,000 | - | - | $395,000 | $735,000 | $7,904 |