Colorado Avalanche Season Preview

Created by: AlphaHockey65

Team: 2019-20 Colorado Avalanche

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 26, 2019

Published: Aug. 26, 2019

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

The Avs biggest task this summer is to extend Mikko Rantanen.
Coming off an 87pts career high, I think Rantanen gets $10m x 5-6 years depending on what Marner signs for as the dominos will fall when he signs.
The Avs have plenty of space so a long-term deal isn't out of the question.

As for the forward group,
new additions in Burakovsky, Donskoi and Kadri will look to make their mark on the Avs.
Sakic also took a risk on Nichuskin hoping he can finally bounce back. I think they're going to try to play nichuskin often in the early parts of the season to see where they stand with him.

on D,
Ian cole is still recovering from dual hip surgery.
Makar and Girard will look to step up this year.
Byram will also get a look depending how he does in preseason.

Overall, I still see a team capable of making the playoffs,

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Rantanen, Mikko		5	$10,000,000

Buyouts

Brooks Orpik: $1,500,000

Retained Salary Transactions

Tyson Barrie: $2,750,000 (50%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2020
2021
2022

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$71,649,761	$0	$3,532,500	$9,850,239

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Landeskog, Gabriel $5,571,429$5,571,429 LW, C M-NTC UFA - 2	MacKinnon, Nathan $6,300,000$6,300,000 C UFA - 4	Rantanen, Mikko $10,000,000$10,000,000 RW, C UFA - 6
Jost, Tyson $885,833$885,833 ($850,000$850K) C UFA - 1	Kadri, Nazem $4,500,000$4,500,000 C M-NTC UFA - 3	Burakovsky, André $3,250,000$3,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Nichushkin, Valeri $850,000$850,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Compher, J.T. $3,500,000$3,500,000 C, RW UFA - 4	Donskoi, Joonas $3,900,000$3,900,000 RW UFA - 4
Calvert, Matt $2,850,000$2,850,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Wilson, Colin $2,600,000$2,600,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Nieto, Matt $1,975,000$1,975,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Girard, Samuel $728,333$728,333 ($182,500$182K) LD/RD UFA - 1	Johnson, Erik $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4	Grubauer, Philipp $3,333,333$3,333,333 G UFA - 2
Zadorov, Nikita $3,200,000$3,200,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Makar, Cale $880,833$880,833 ($2,500,000$2M) RD UFA - 2	Francouz, Pavel $950,000$950,000 G UFA - 1
Connauton, Kevin $1,375,000$1,375,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Rosén, Calle $750,000$750,000 LD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Bellemare, Pierre-Édouard $1,800,000$1,800,000 C, LW UFA - 2		Cole, Ian $3,450,000$3,450,000 LD/RD UFA - 2
Kamenev, Vladislav $750,000$750,000 C RFA - 1
Barberio, Mark $1,450,000$1,450,000 LD UFA - 1

Top Comments

Aug. 30, 2019 at 11:18 a.m.

F3ruS

Go Boltz! & Go Avs!

Joined: Nov. 2018

Posts: 460

Likes: 102

Agreed, even though the central is nasty, AVS made so many good trades+ signings = guaranteed playoffs spot

Makar + Byram will be so much fun to watch, those guys are just special. I hope for MacKinnon = 110+ point season. And Kadri will have a good year at the 2C(50+ points).

There is no Boston Bruins

on west there in the playoff for the AVS so no Boston = no suspension

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