Colorado Avalanche 2025-2026 Salary Cap
An updated look at the Colorado Avalanche 2025-2026 salary cap table, including team cap space, buyouts, buried & retained salary, & complete breakdowns of player cap hits, salaries, and bonuses.
| Player (12) | Pos. | Age | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Total Cap Hit |
Adj. Cap Hit |
Cap % | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan MacKinnon | C | 30 | $800,000 | $15,250,000 | - | $16,050,000 | $12,600,000 | $12,600,000 | 19.63 | ||
| Cale Makar | D | 27 | $8,700,000 | - | - | $8,700,000 | $9,000,000 | $9,000,000 | 14.02 | ||
| Devon Toews | D | 31 | $7,750,000 | - | - | $7,750,000 | $7,250,000 | $7,250,000 | 11.30 | M-NTC | |
| Gabriel Landeskog | LW | 33 | $7,500,000 | - | - | $7,500,000 | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 | 10.91 | M-NTC Two-Way | |
| Valeri Nichushkin | RW | 30 | $7,300,000 | - | - | $7,300,000 | $6,125,000 | $6,125,000 | 9.54 | M-NTC | |
| Samuel Girard | D | 27 | $5,000,000 | - | - | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | 7.79 | M-NTC | |
| Artturi Lehkonen | LW | 30 | $4,000,000 | - | - | $4,000,000 | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 | 7.01 | M-NTC | |
| Josh Manson | D | 34 | $2,500,000 | $1,000,000 | - | $3,500,000 | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 | 7.01 | M-NTC | |
| Ross Colton | C | 29 | $4,000,000 | - | - | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | 6.23 | M-NTC | |
| Miles Wood | LW | 30 | $2,500,000 | - | - | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 | 3.90 | M-NTC | |
| Oskar Olausson | RW | 23 | $832,500 | - | - | $832,500 | $863,333 | $863,333 | 1.35 | Two-Way | |
| Justus Annunen | G | 25 | $875,000 | - | - | $875,000 | $837,500 | $837,500 | 1.31 |
2025-2026 Cap Totals
Salary cap totals including salaries, buyout figures, and projected floor & cap space.
| Cap Type | Adj Cap Total |
|---|---|
| 2025-2026 NHL Salary Cap Max | $92,000,000 |
| 2025-2026 NHL Salary Cap Floor | $68,080,000 |
| Active Contracts | $64,175,833 |
| Total Allocated Cap | $64,175,833 |
| Cap Space | $27,824,167 |
| Cap Floor Space | $-3,904,167 |
| Cap Type | Cap Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-2026 Salary Cap Max | $92,000,000 | ||||||||
| 2025-2026 Salary Cap Floor | $68,080,000 | ||||||||
| Overage/Adjustment | $0 | ||||||||
| Denver's Adjusted Salary Cap | $92,000,000 | ||||||||
| Cap Type | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Cap Total | Adjusted Cap Total | |||
| Active Contracts | $51,757,500 | $16,250,000 | - | $68,007,500 | $64,175,833 | $64,175,833 | |||
| Total Cap Allocations | $51,757,500 | $16,250,000 | - | - | $64,175,833 | $64,175,833 | |||
| Cap Space | $27,824,167 | ||||||||
| Cap Floor Space | $-3,904,167 | ||||||||
2025-2026 Non-Roster Players
Salaries from players currently in the system. denotes a buried salary that counts against the payroll.
| Player (2) | Pos. | Age | Base Salary | Signing Bonus | Perf. Bonus | Total Salary | Total Cap Hit |
Adj. Cap Hit |
Cap % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Ivan | C | 23 | $845,000 | $70,000 | - | $82,500 | $845,000 | - | 0.00 |
| Saige Weinstein | D | 20 | $775,000 | $25,000 | - | $80,000 | $800,000 | - | 0.00 |