Colorado Avalanche Active Financial Summary

A summary of financial breakdowns for the Colorado Avalanche, including multi-year cap totals, player cap hits, top earnings, contracts, & free agents.

 

Salary Cap Breakdown Totals

A current & future look at the signed players & cap dollars allocated by position group.

    2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Total Cap Allocations   $78,530,833 $66,661,667 $48,725,000 $44,225,000 $25,725,000
Signed Players   24 15 7 6 3
Forwards   $40,525,000 $40,525,000 $30,225,000 $30,225,000 $25,725,000
Defensemen   $23,587,500 $18,500,000 $18,500,000 $14,000,000
Goaltending   $5,400,000 $3,400,000
Injured Reserve  
Suspended  
Buried/Buyout/Dead Cap  


 

Roster Cap Figures

Current & future salary payroll figures for players on the active roster. For more view the complete Avalanche Salary Payroll Table

Forward Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Nathan MacKinnon C $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000 $12,600,000
Mikko Rantanen RW $9,250,000 M-NTC $9,250,000 M-NTC 0UFA 0- 0-
Gabriel Landeskog LW $7,000,000 NMC 0- $7,000,000 M-NTC $7,000,000 M-NTC $7,000,000 M-NTC
Valeri Nichushkin RW $6,125,000 NMC 0- $6,125,000 M-NTC $6,125,000 M-NTC $6,125,000 M-NTC
Artturi Lehkonen LW $4,500,000 Full-NTC 0- $4,500,000 M-NTC $4,500,000 M-NTC 0UFA
Logan O'Connor C $1,050,000 0- 0UFA 0- 0-
J.T Compher C UFA
Lars Eller C UFA
Evan Rodrigues LW UFA
Andrew Cogliano LW UFA
Darren Helm C UFA
Sampo Ranta LW RFA
Ben Meyers LW RFA
Alex Newhook C RFA
Jason Polin RW RFA
Matt Nieto LW UFA
Mikhail Maltsev LW RFA
Alex Galchenyuk C UFA
Denis Malgin C RFA
Gustav Rydahl C RFA
Charles Hudon LW UFA
 
Defenseman Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Cale Makar D $9,000,000 0- $9,000,000 $9,000,000 0UFA
Samuel Girard D $5,000,000 0- $5,000,000 M-NTC $5,000,000 M-NTC 0UFA
Josh Manson D $4,500,000 Full-NTC 0- $4,500,000 M-NTC 0UFA 0-
Devon Toews D $4,100,000 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
Kurtis Macdermid D $987,500 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
Erik Johnson D UFA
Jack Johnson D UFA
Wyatt Aamodt D RFA
Bowen Byram D RFA
Ryan Merkley D RFA
Josh Jacobs D UFA
 
Goaltending Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
Alexander Georgiev G $3,400,000 0- 0UFA 0- 0-
Pavel Francouz G $2,000,000 0UFA 0- 0- 0-
Justus Annunen G RFA
Keith Kinkaid G UFA
   

Dead Cap Figures

Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
 

 

Non-Roster Forwards Money

Player Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
OlaussonOskar Olausson RW $894,167 - RFA - -
BeaucageAlex Beaucage RW $878,333 RFA - - -
PavelOndrej Pavel C $870,000 - RFA - -
FoudyJean-Luc Foudy C $847,500 - RFA - -
BurkeCallahan Burke C $775,000 UFA - - -
SmallmanSpencer Smallman RW $762,500 UFA - - -
 

Non-Roster Defensemen Money

Player Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
MalinskiSam Malinski D $850,000 - RFA - -
ClurmanNathan Clurman D $775,000 RFA - - -
MiddletonKeaton Middleton D $775,000 - UFA - -
HuntBrad Hunt D $762,500 UFA - - -
 

Non-Roster Goaltenders Money

Player Pos. 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28
MinerTrent Miner G $828,333 RFA - - -