Colorado Avalanche
The whole organization. One connected view.
Western Conference · Central DivisionOpen GM workspace2026–27
Current roster2314 F · 7 D · 2 GKnown commitmentsUS$102.2M23 / 30 contracts pricedFarm system#32Win-now depleted · board consensusNext gamevs TBLOct 23
Line combinations
Provider projection · 2026-10-12
#62
#29
#91
#92
#11
#88
#71
#9
#13
#17
#10
#68
#7
#8
#27
#47
#42
#84Goaltending
Scott Wedgewood
#41 · COL · 34 years- SV%
- GAA
- Games
2025–26 · NHL regular season
Shots on goal faced
1,007 saves86 goals allowed
Source & scope
NHL stats API goalie summary (aggregated across clubs), data/goalie-stats-2025-26.json · 2026-09-21T18:03:37.296Z. Current roster; statistics from the stated season, across clubs. This selection does not identify tonight’s starter. Condensed footage does not establish full video coverage.
Contract horizon
Cap & contractsKnown AAV · 2026–2723 priced deals · 7 AAV unknown
Ceiling · ConfirmedUS$104M
Known committed share98.2%
Ceiling less known AAVUS$1.8M
ForwardsDefenceGoalies
Line: season-specific ceiling. * Outlook or assumption. Balance is not certified cap room.
Cap outlook assumptions
Local to this panel; does not change the GM financial scenario ceiling.
Sources, coverage & amounts
Sum of known AAV, not a complete payroll forecast or available cap room. Relief, bonuses and other charges are excluded. The file may contain later-dated signed terms; its file stamp is not a historical as-of reconstruction.
NHL/NHLPA · 2026–27: $104M · 2026-05-06
NHL/NHLPA · 2027–28: $113.5M · 2025-01-31 · subject to adjustment
Elliotte Friedman / Sportsnet · 2028–29: $127.5M · 2026-09-25 · reported estimate, not confirmed
Beyond that, no published limit in the checked sources. Any chosen growth is a planning assumption, not a forecast. Expiring commitments do not automatically fund a complete future roster.
11 contracts with unresolved terms remain outside the bars.
- F
- 63,025,000 USD
- D
- 31,400,000 USD
- G
- 7,750,000 USD
0 priced signed extensions included this season.
Contract ledger · file stamp 2026-09-21
Prospect pathways
Prospects
Ilya NabokovG · Metallurg MagnitogorskNHLETA —
Egor ShilovC · Victoriaville TigresNHLETA —
Beckett HamiltonC · Red Deer RebelsNHLETA —
Context & more prospects
Farm-board notables; recorded development stage, not an arrival forecast.
Ilya Nabokov: 38 GP · 2025–26
Egor Shilov: 63 GP · 2025–26 · 82 points
Beckett Hamilton: 67 GP · 2025–26 · 62 points
Selection follows the farm board's published notable order. The NHL step is a pathway, not a confirmed move. Arrival dates and current rights are not verified here.
Axel Eloffson
Francesco Dell’elce
Sean Behrens
All pathways & roster lanes →What changed
All movesResults, standings & source context
2026–27 regular season · current roster
Team overview
What the contracts tell us
What the contracts mean for the next moves
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Next game
2026–27
Upcoming games, columns & export
| Date | Opponent | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| vs TBL | Regular season | ||
| at NSH | Regular season | ||
| vs NJD | Regular season | ||
| vs CGY | Regular season | ||
| at CHI | Regular season |
White noise · as of 2026-10-18 · social 2026-10-18
Colorado Avalanche are in the middle of the pack for attention (44th percentile); attention is up on the usual
How much the club is being talked about: the league's stories tagged to the club and to its players, daily pageviews of the club's article against its 90-day baseline, and posts naming the club on the connected networks (Bluesky). Attention, measured; not a claim about what it does to the room.
Social: .
Carrying the noise: Nathan MacKinnon (), Cale Makar (), Martin Necas ().
Latest from the league: MacKinnon has goal, three assists, Avalanche rally past Penguins (2026-10-17) · Welcome to the Show, T.J.: Hughes Scores First NHL Goal, Lehkonen Tallies Twice as Avalanche Comes Back to Defeat Penguins 5-2 (2026-10-17) · Penguins at Avalanche projected lineups (2026-10-16)
Contract ledger · researched 2026-09-21
Colorado Avalanche contracts, 2026–27 onward
Every contract CapOrCup could source, one row per player, one column per season. Certified rows match a club or NHL release. Reported rows come from a named outlet and are labelled. Contracts with no public source are listed separately, and none are estimated.
| Player | 2026–27 | 2027–28 | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forwards · | |||
| Nathan MacKinnonReportedCNMC | |||
| Martin NecasReportedCNMC | |||
| Brock NelsonReportedCNTC | |||
| Gabriel LandeskogReportedLM-NTC | |||
| Nazem KadriCertifiedCM-NTC · CGY retains 20% ($1.4M of $7M AAV) | |||
| Artturi LehkonenReportedLM-NTC | |||
| Jaden SchwartzReportedC | |||
| Nicolas RoyCertifiedC | |||
| Logan O'ConnorReportedRM-NTC | |||
| Parker KellyReportedC | |||
| Fedor SvechkovCertifiedC | |||
| Zachary L'HeureuxCertifiedL | |||
| Gavin BrindleyReportedC | |||
| Taylor MakarReportedL | |||
| Fabian LysellCertifiedR | |||
| Vinnie HinostrozaCertifiedC | |||
| T.J. HughesReportedR | |||
| Georgii MerkulovCertifiedC | |||
| Adam BeckmanCertifiedL | |||
| Defence · | |||
| Cale MakarCertifiedDNMC | |||
| Devon ToewsCertifiedDNMC | |||
| Sam MalinskiReportedD · Full NTC years 1-2; 10-team no-trade year 3; 6-team no-trade year 4 | |||
| Brett KulakReportedDM-NTC | |||
| Josh MansonCertifiedD | |||
| Noah JuulsenReportedD | |||
| Brent BurnsCertifiedD | |||
| Domenick FensoreCertifiedD | |||
| Christian WolaninCertifiedD | |||
| Goalies · | |||
| Mackenzie BlackwoodReportedGM-NTC | |||
| Scott WedgewoodReportedG | |||
| Sourced total | |||
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Cap or Cup · league-wide signals
Who is earning the cap hit
Each priced COL skater compared with every priced skater at the same position in the league. Open a signal for the full drill-down on the league board: the tests, the numbers, and what would change it.
Private scenario · 2026–27
Colorado Avalanche cap planner
Enter figures you trust. The planner never turns missing contract data into a published total, and saves only in this browser.
Line 1
MacKinnon · Necas · Kadri · Lehkonen
Line 2
Nelson · Landeskog · Schwartz
Line 3
Roy · Svechkov · L'Heureux
Line 4
Kelly · Brindley
Pair 1
Makar · Toews
Pair 2
Kulak · Malinski · Burns · Manson
Pair 3
Juulsen
Projected lineup · as of 2026-10-12
Colorado Avalanche as the feed projects it
Sportradar NHL API v7, team depth charts depth chart (licensed feed (30-day trial)): the club's intended lines, pairs, power-play units and goalie order, under Jared Bednar. Measured lines above come from last season's shift charts; this is what the club says it means to do. "Expected starter" is first on the chart, not a confirmed start.
Line 1 · Artturi Lehkonen · Nathan MacKinnon · Nazem Kadri
Line 2 · Gabriel Landeskog · Brock Nelson · Martin Necas
Line 3 · Jaden Schwartz · Fedor Svechkov · T.J. Hughes
Line 4 · Parker Kelly · Nicolas Roy · Zachary L'Heureux
Pair 1 · Devon Toews · Cale Makar
Pair 2 · Brett Kulak · Noah Juulsen
Pair 3 · Josh Manson · Brent Burns
Power play 1 · T.J. Hughes · Nazem Kadri · Nathan MacKinnon · Martin Necas · Cale Makar
Power play 2 · Jaden Schwartz · Gabriel Landeskog · Artturi Lehkonen · Devon Toews · Brock Nelson
Goalies · expected starter Mackenzie Blackwood · Scott Wedgewood
Official roster
Who is in the organization now
| Player | # | Pos | Age | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forwards · | ||||
| Gavin Brindley | 54 | C | ||
| T.J. Hughes | 13 | R | ||
| Nazem Kadri | 91 | C | ||
| Parker Kelly | 17 | C | ||
| Zachary L'Heureux | 68 | L | ||
| Gabriel Landeskog | 92 | L | ||
| Artturi Lehkonen | 62 | L | ||
| Nathan MacKinnon | 29 | C | ||
| Martin Necas | 88 | C | ||
| Brock Nelson | 11 | C | ||
| Logan O'Connor | 25 | R | ||
| Nicolas Roy | 10 | C | ||
| Jaden Schwartz | 71 | L | ||
| Fedor Svechkov | 9 | C | ||
| Defense · | ||||
| Brent Burns | 84 | D | ||
| Noah Juulsen | 47 | D | ||
| Brett Kulak | 27 | D | ||
| Cale Makar | 8 | D | ||
| Sam Malinski | 70 | D | ||
| Josh Manson | 42 | D | ||
| Devon Toews | 7 | D | ||
| Goalies · | ||||
| Mackenzie Blackwood | 39 | G | ||
| Scott Wedgewood | 41 | G | ||
2025–26 production
Last season’s scoring leaders
Club totals with COL.
| Player | GP | G | A | PTS | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1Range not available Nathan MacKinnonC | |||||
| #2Range not available Martin NecasC | |||||
| #3Range not available Cale MakarD | |||||
| #4Range not available Brock NelsonC | |||||
| #5Range not available Valeri NichushkinR | |||||
| #6Range not available Artturi LehkonenL | |||||
| #7Range not available Sam MalinskiD | |||||
| #8Range not available Brent BurnsD | |||||
| #9Range not available Gabriel LandeskogL | |||||
| #10Range not available Parker KellyC |
Shots for
shots a game, expected per shot
Shots against
allowed a game, expected per shot
Coaching style · 2025-26
leans on one power-play unit
How the bench was run, measured from the shift charts and the play-by-play (a mid-season coaching change is not separated). Each is set against the league median; style words appear only where the club is clearly away from it.
System group
Plays like Pittsburgh Penguins, Vegas Golden Knights, Ottawa Senators, Tampa Bay Lightning, Philadelphia Flyers, St. Louis Blues, Winnipeg Jets, Dallas Stars
Four groups found by clustering every club's shot profile for and against. The group is described only by the features that set it apart from the league; no label is invented for it.
Goal archive ·
Colorado Avalanche: every goal, with the league's video
Preseason, regular season and playoffs are kept apart. Each row links to the NHL's own highlight page; no video is hosted here. Where a clip has been reviewed, the reading of it is a model judgement of the frames, not a measurement.
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Assistant GM
Colorado Avalanche: the front-office read
Every idea below is computed from sourced contracts, 2025–26 production, roster lanes, pick ownership and standings. Nothing is a rumour. Prices are computed guides from production and contract surplus, not market quotes.
Direction and front office
Holding
Standing pat: little trade activity.
How this GM trades: . Sunk-cost risk: unknown.
Decisions that cannot wait
Most urgent
Ranked by how soon the decision is forced: offer-sheet dates, cap compliance, deadlines and sell-offs.
Rasmus Sandin (WSH)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Latest roster move
- Club injury listing
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Ryan Shea (EDM)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Gustav Forsling (FLA)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Cale Makar
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Artturi Lehkonen
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Plan for the cap you might get
Cap outlook
Sourced commitments against the announced or projected ceiling, and against a flat cap at today's (the ceiling stayed flat in 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24). Unpriced contracts are not counted, so real room is smaller.
| Season | Committed | Ceiling | Room (projected) | Room (flat cap) | Needs growth | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | ||||||
| 2027–28 | ||||||
| 2028–29 | ||||||
| 2029–30 |
Long, expensive contracts: Nathan MacKinnon ( through 2030–31: ); Martin Necas ( through 2033–34: ); Devon Toews ( through 2030–31: ); Mackenzie Blackwood ( through 2029–30: ).
Expansion: none announced
Protection slots are worth something
The NHL has not approved or announced an expansion team or expansion draft. In June 2026 it gave the Friedkin family a six-month window to explore a second Texas team in Houston or Austin (about $3.5 billion for the fee and an arena). The Board of Governors met on September 22, 2026 without announcing a decision; any expansion would still need a vote of the Board. No expansion draft is announced. Reported, not official: a Houston or Austin team could be awarded before the end of 2026 and would begin play in 2029-30, which would put its expansion draft in June 2029. The league is also reported to be talking with at least two other groups about a 34th team. Checks here apply the rules to today's rosters and contracts as a planning scenario, not a forecast. The format is not announced either: one new club per draft (a club could face a draft in consecutive years) or two clubs in the same draft (a club could lose two players at once). Under the 2021 rules a club protects 7 forwards, 3 defencemen and 1 goalie (or 8 skaters and 1 goalie). Every no-movement clause in force must be protected and uses a slot, so its real cost is the player it pushes off.
If a draft is announced: ask a no-move player to waive for the draft, trade an exposed player now rather than lose them for nothing, or make a side deal with the expansion club to steer its pick.
Where the roster is thin
Needs
A position (centre, wing, defence pair or goal) counts as a need when most of its regulars are unsigned past this season, or when they produce below the league average for that position.
Left-shot defence
- Established
- Signed for 2027–28
- Lane 5v5 pts/60
See it coming
Offer-sheet exposure
This club's own RFAs for summer 2027: what their production is worth on the open market, which compensation band an aggressive offer would fall in, and whether the club could match with the room it has committed. The 2027–28 ceiling is not set; this uses the current ceiling.
No pending RFA carries offer-sheet risk.
Players other clubs might move
Trade targets
Realistic targets, not wish lists: young players stuck behind veterans, salary a cap-strapped club has to move, rentals on selling clubs, and good contracts priced by what they are worth. Young franchise-core players and anyone with a no-move or full no-trade clause are left out.
Rasmus Sandin (WSH)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Latest roster move
- Club injury listing
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Ryan Shea (EDM)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Gustav Forsling (FLA)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Cole Hutson (WSH)
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Price guide
Shakir Mukhamadullin (EDM)
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Donovan Sebrango (FLA)
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Latest roster move
- White noise
- Price guide
Charle-Edouard D'Astous (TBL)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Oliver Ekman-Larsson (TOR)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Jonas Brodin (MIN)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Mattias Samuelsson (BUF)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Latest roster move
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Olen Zellweger (BUF)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Latest roster move
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Uvis Balinskis (FLA)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Restricted free agents, summer 2027
Offer-sheet candidates
RFAs at clubs tight on cap. Compensation depends on the offer's AAV band and must be paid in the offering club's own picks; the Carlsson offer sheet in July 2026 showed how far a club will go to match.
Matias Maccelli (NYI)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Club injury listing
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Own 2027 picks held
Calum Ritchie (NYI)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Club injury listing
- Projected slot
- Own 2027 picks held
Gabe Perreault (NYR)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Own 2027 picks held
Maxim Shabanov (MIN)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Own 2027 picks held
Trades with three or more clubs
Multi-team ideas
Chains where every club receives a player in a need lane, gives up roughly what it gets, and stays under the cap. Salary retention is used at most once per contract (the 2025 MOU bars a second retention on the same contract within 75 regular-season days) and never above 50%.
No three-to-five-club chain involving this club passes every check right now.
Ideas to start from
Trade concepts
Each is priced from the player's tier and the contract's surplus over its remaining term, then cap-checked: salary in against salary out. A shape to test, not a final price.
Concept: Cole Hutson (WSH)
- Contract
- Price guide
- Opportunity
- Net cap change
Concept: Charle-Edouard D'Astous (TBL)
- Cap hit
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Opportunity
- Net cap change
Concept: Oliver Ekman-Larsson (TOR)
- Cap hit
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Opportunity
- Net cap change
Concept: Jonas Brodin (MIN)
- Cap hit
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
- Opportunity
- Net cap change
Sell while the price is high
Decisions on value contracts
Players in their prime who produce more than their cap hit suggests, with the deal ending within two seasons: the moment their trade value peaks.
Cale Makar
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Artturi Lehkonen
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Brent Burns
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Martin Necas
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Parker Kelly
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
- Contract surplus
- Price guide
Players to build around
Young players to build around
Players under 24, judged on NHL games played and five-on-five scoring rate, their prospect ranking, and what they are producing now.
Gavin Brindley
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Latest roster move
- White noise
Fedor Svechkov
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
Christian Humphreys
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
Maxmilian Curran
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
Francesco Dell'elce
- 2025–26
- Contract
- Age
Summer 2027
Free-agent targets
Pending UFAs (26 to 32, no extension signed) in this club's need lanes. The current cap hit is shown for reference, not as an estimate of the next contract.
Quinn Hughes (MIN)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
Vince Dunn (SEA)
- 2025–26
- Cap hit
- Age
- Stage
- Trend
- Role
- 3-season projection
- On-ice chance share
- Sequences started
- Availability
- Expected goals (2025–26)
- Top speed (EDGE)
- Bursts over 20 mph
- Projected slot
- White noise
League context
Where the market is going
Price of production at signing: cap hit per point of pace in the season before the deal, from the sourced contract ledger. Samples depend on how many deals are priced.
The ledger holds contracts still active in 2026-27, so one- and two-year deals signed in 2024 are missing from the 2024 column. Segments with different term mixes are therefore not comparable here; the term-matched reading is the pricing study on the integrity page.
Goalies: by raw save percentage, a goalie's season after changing teams is almost unrelated to the one before (correlation across moves, vs for goalies who stayed). Adjusted for shot quality the gap disappears ( stayed vs moved): the system changes the shots a goalie faces, so judge goalies on goals saved above expected. of established-goalie trades returned a first-round pick against for productive skaters ( goalie trades: a small sample).
Largest cap hits signed in summer 2026: Leo Carlsson (), Connor Bedard (), Cutter Gauthier (), Pavel Dorofeyev (), Alex Tuch ().
Ask the Colorado Avalanche assistant GM
Answers use only the ideas above, the club's contracts and trades, and the CBA, and cite each one. If the facts do not support an answer, it says so.
GM horizon
Joe Sakic: 0.3 years in
How long GMs have lasted since 1967, and what that implies for a GM who has served this long. A GM who expects to be gone soon has a reason to buy today; this is the base rate, not a read on him.
Win-now premium
Colorado Avalanche: what deadline rentals cost
A rental is a pending unrestricted free agent bought between January 1 and the deadline. Its price is the pick value sent, in expected career NHL games. Part of a price can be rational: a win is worth more to a club on the playoff line. This splits the price above the league mean into what the standings on the trade date explain and what they do not.
| Date | Rental | GM | Picks sent | Price | Win value | Vs mean | Not explained |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-21 | Andrew Cogliano | Joe Sakic | none | −62 | −62 | ||
| 2020-02-24 | Vladislav Namestnikov | Joe Sakic | 2021 round 4 | +16 | +16 |
| GM | Rentals (league-wide) | Mean price | Not explained: mean | 25th to 75th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Sakic | 2 | Not on file (fewer than 5 rentals (2)) | ||
Win value is the rise in the club's chance of reaching the playoff line from one more win, in percentage points. Units are expected career games of the picks sent; a price in cap-share dollars needs the Worth model on rentals, which is not adopted. Not netted: the rental's quality, salary retained by the seller, and players or prospects sent. A rental's expiry is quoted from the trade's NHL.com story, or from the contract archive where the story is silent (an archive expiry can be a restricted one).
Farm-system consensus · front-office read
The pipeline needs more impact bets. A few names can hit without making the overall system strong.
- 01Treat first- and second-round picks as scarce replenishment assets.
- 02Create real NHL auditions for cheap players before buying depth.
- 03Do not confuse one headliner with a complete pipeline.
Draft picks · 2027–2029
Colorado Avalanche picks
Every round for the next three drafts: the club's own picks, picks it has acquired, and picks it has traded away, with any conditions. "Own" means the pick was checked against the club's trades since 2023; "Own, unconfirmed" means no trade is on record but that check has not been done.
Roster moves · as of 2026-10-17
Colorado Avalanche roster moves
Waivers, claims, injured-reserve placements, assignments to the minors and signings in the last 45 days, as the club announced them (Sportradar NHL API v7, league transfers feed; licensed feed (30-day trial)). Facts, not inferences: no cause is read into an injured-reserve placement, and what each move does to the cap lives on the cap table.
Gavin Brindley
Trent Miner
Trent Miner
Zachary L'Heureux
Taylor Makar
Connor Kelley
Ondrej Ruml
Tobias Tvrznik
Taylor Makar
Georgii Merkulov
Trent Miner
Adam Beckman
Gustav Stjernberg
Ilya Nabokov
Alex Gagne
Matt DiMarsico
Gavin Brindley
Sean Behrens
Tristen Nielsen
Keaton Middleton
Vinnie Hinostroza
Adam Beckman
Wyatt Aamodt
Nikita Prishchepov
Maros Jedlicka
Cooper Gay
Christian Wolanin
Domenick Fensore
Beckett Hamilton
Kalder Varga
Noah Jettelson
Injury listings · as of 2026-10-18
Colorado Avalanche injury listings
What the club has published (Sportradar NHL API v7, league injuries feed; licensed feed (30-day trial)): status, body area, listed-since and expected-return dates. CapOrCup infers no cause from a listing and keeps its own availability measure, games not dressed, separate.
Waiver wire · last 3 league days
Placed on waivers, league-wide
Every player any club placed on waivers in the last three league days, with what the feed shows next: claimed, cleared to the minors, or nothing yet. A claim costs no assets, only a roster spot and the whole contract, and claiming priority follows the standings.
Jacob Bernard-Docker
Aatu Raty
Alex Barre-Boulet
Fit components (description)
Who fits here: fit: not yet validated
No ranking of who fits Colorado Avalanche is shown until the move backtest passes. What follows describes how Colorado Avalanche plays and is coached, and the roster rules any addition must clear. The lane-based matchmaker stays on the Assistant GM.
Head coach: , in charge since 2016-10-15 (785 regular-season games on file). Assistants: Not on file.
How this staff has used players (2025-26), against what position and prior minutes predict:
Contracts counted toward the 50 limit: . Active roster for the 23-man limit: Not on file.
as of 2026-04-16
Colorado Avalanche
trades
Boston Bruins receive
GM: Don Sweeney
Colorado Avalanche receive
GM: Joe Sakic
Colorado Avalanche receive
GM: Joe Sakic
- 2026 5th-round pick ()
New Jersey Devils receive
GM: Sunny Mehta
- 2026 5th-round pick ()
- 2026 7th-round pick ()
Columbus Blue Jackets receive
GM: Don Waddell
Colorado Avalanche receive
GM: Joe Sakic
- 2026 2nd-round pick ()
- 2027 3rd-round pick · now owned by COL
- 2028 5th-round pick · now owned by COL
Nashville Predators receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
- Jack Drury
- Chase Bradley
- 2029 3rd-round pick · now back with COL
Colorado Avalanche receive
GM: Joe Sakic
Nashville Predators receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
Colorado Avalanche receive
GM: Joe Sakic
- Magnus Chrona
- 2026 3rd-round pick
- 2027 3rd-round pick · now owned by COL
Colorado Avalanche receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
- Nazem Kadri
- 2027 4th-round pick · now owned by COL
Calgary Flames receive
GM: Craig Conroy
- 2028 1st-round pick · conditional · now owned by NSH
- 2027 2nd-round pick · conditional · now owned by CGY
- Victor Olofsson
Salary retained:
Colorado Avalanche receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
Toronto Maple Leafs receive
GM: Brad Treliving
- 2027 1st-round pick · conditional · now owned by TOR
- 2026 5th-round pick · conditional
Colorado Avalanche receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
- Nick Blankenburg
Nashville Predators receive
GM: Barry Trotz
- 2027 5th-round pick · now owned by NSH
Pittsburgh Penguins receive
GM: Kyle Dubas
- Sam Girard
- 2028 2nd-round pick · now owned by PIT
Colorado Avalanche receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
Pittsburgh Penguins receive
GM: Kyle Dubas
- Ilya Solovyov
Colorado Avalanche receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
- Valtteri Puustinen
- 2026 7th-round pick
San Jose Sharks receive
GM: Mike Grier
- Oskar Olausson
Colorado Avalanche receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
- Danil Gushchin
Columbus Blue Jackets receive
GM: Don Waddell
Colorado Avalanche receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
- Gavin Brindley
- 2025 3rd-round pick ()
- 2027 2nd-round pick · conditional · now owned by SEA
Colorado Avalanche receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
- Erik Johnson
Philadelphia Flyers receive
GM: Daniel Briere
- Givani Smith
Colorado Avalanche receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
- Charlie Coyle
- 2026 5th-round pick
Boston Bruins receive
GM: Don Sweeney
- Casey Mittelstadt
- William Zellers
- 2025 2nd-round pick
Colorado Avalanche receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
- Brock Nelson
- William Dufour
New York Islanders receive
GM: Lou Lamoriello
- Calum Ritchie
- Oliver Kylington
- 2026 1st-round pick
- 2028 3rd-round pick · now owned by NYI
Colorado Avalanche receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
- Jimmy Vesey
- Hank Kempf
New York Rangers receive
GM: Chris Drury
- Calvin de Haan
- Juuso Parssinen
- 4th-round pick · conditional
Salary retained:
Carolina Hurricanes receive
GM: Eric Tulsky
Colorado Avalanche receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
Chicago Blackhawks receive
GM: Kyle Davidson
- 2025 3rd-round pick
Salary retained:
Colorado Avalanche receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
- Juuso Parssinen
- 2026 7th-round pick
Nashville Predators receive
GM: Barry Trotz
- Ondrej Pavel
- 2027 3rd-round pick · now back with COL
Colorado Avalanche receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
- Mackenzie Blackwood
- Givani Smith
- 2027 5th-round pick · now back with SJS
San Jose Sharks receive
GM: Mike Grier
- Alexandar Georgiev
- Nikolai Kovalenko
- 2025 5th-round pick
- 2026 2nd-round pick
Nashville Predators receive
GM: Barry Trotz
- Justus Annunen
- 2025 6th-round pick
Colorado Avalanche receive
GM: Chris MacFarland
How the ledger is built
- 2024–25 onward: parsed from NHL.com's season trade pages, which list every trade. Each card links to the NHL.com announcement.
- 2019–20 to 2023–24: parsed from NHL.com trade announcements tagged to a club. Some trades are missing; those seasons are marked partial.
- "Details incomplete" means the announcement did not state one side; the original sentence is shown instead of a guess.
- Picks in 2027–2029 show their current owner from the verified pick ledger.
Statistical schedule · 2026-27 · as of 2026-10-18
Colorado Avalanche: difficulty rank #26Range not available
Every game priced by the model with the club's rest state. Difficulty averages four league ranks (opponents , rest , travel , back-to-backs ); expected points is the model's own forecast and depends on the club as much as the schedule. League table on the schedule page.
By month: 2026-09: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2026-10: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2026-11: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2026-12: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2027-01: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2027-02: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2027-03: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back; 2027-04: games, expected points, opponents , back-to-back.
Game by game
games
Price is the model's chance for this club at the morning of the game with rest known; it moves when rosters are published. The spot names what the schedule did to the club that night.