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Created by: JeffW

Team: 2023-24 Colorado Avalanche

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 24, 2023

Published: Aug. 24, 2023

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So looks now as if the 3rd line rw is open for foudy/LOC or whomever else can snag it in camp.. I'm assuming now that the PTOs are starting to roll in that teams may be done with legit nhl free agents.
I feel like oloffson may be the 13th forward as it stands today, but I like the look of this other dallas kid riley tufte, looks like he has some hands on him, 6"6 plays tough with 90 pims last year in the ahl.. might be a cheaper option than macdermid.
Ideally I see a cogs-meyers-LOC 4th line. But when injuries happen I could see a decent 4th line option of tufte-foudy-oloffson.
Not sure who ends up at 3RW maybe the avs snag a PTO for Zack aston Reese.
Don't see Holland getting a contract unless they want him to play on the eagles

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UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Holland, Peter		1	$775,000

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
29	$83,500,000	$88,204,166	$637,500	$217,500	-$4,704,166

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Lehkonen, Artturi $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW NTC UFA - 4	MacKinnon, Nathan $12,600,000$12,600,000 C NMC UFA - 8	Rantanen, Mikko $9,250,000$9,250,000 RW, C M-NTC UFA - 2
Drouin, Jonathan $825,000$825,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Johansen, Ryan $4,000,000$4,000,000 C, RW UFA - 2	Nichushkin, Valeri $6,125,000$6,125,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 7
Wood, Miles $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW UFA - 6	Colton, Ross $4,000,000$4,000,000 C, LW UFA - 4
Cogliano, Andrew $825,000$825,000 LW UFA - 1	Meyers, Ben $775,000$775,000 LW, C UFA - 1	O'Connor, Logan $1,050,000$1,050,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Olofsson, Fredrik $775,000$775,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Foudy, Jean-Luc $847,500$847,500 ($57,500$58K) C RFA - 2	Tufte, Riley $775,000$775,000 LW UFA - 1
MacDermid, Kurtis $987,500$987,500 LD/RD, LW UFA - 1	Pavel, Ondrej $870,000$870,000 ($80,000$80K) C, LW, RW RFA - 2	Olausson, Oskar $863,333$863,333 RW RFA - 3
Polin, Jason $870,000$870,000 ($80,000$80K) RW RFA - 1	Holland, Peter $775,000$775,000 C UFA	Beaucage, Alex $878,333$878,333 RW RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Toews, Devon $4,100,000$4,100,000 LD UFA - 1	Makar, Cale $9,000,000$9,000,000 RD UFA - 4	Georgiev, Alexandar $3,400,000$3,400,000 G UFA - 2
Byram, Bowen $3,850,000$3,850,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	Manson, Josh $4,500,000$4,500,000 RD NTC UFA - 3	Francouz, Pavel $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA - 1
Girard, Samuel $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 4	Malinski, Sam $850,000$850,000 RD RFA - 2
Johnson, Jack $775,000$775,000 LD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Landeskog, Gabriel $7,000,000$7,000,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 6
		Wagner, Chris $775,000$775,000 RW, C UFA - 1

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Aug. 24, 2023 at 5:01 p.m.

NMAvsFan

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I still think they'll sign someone else. No chance any of the kids get to play until there are injuries. ZAR is purely a 4th liner (and is good in that role); same for LOC. They're definitely banking on Kovalenko coming over after the KHL season. But they've got to find someone else or there will be depth problems again.

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Aug. 24, 2023 at 5:06 p.m.

JeffW

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Quoting: NMAvsFan

I guess it all depends on training camp, kovalenko won't be around until after the trade deadline.. can't play 60-70 games without someone to play 3RW.. even then kovalenko has to learn the system on North American ice

Aug. 24, 2023 at 5:18 p.m.

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Quoting: JeffW

The Avs don't make decisions at training camp; they know who they want prior to that. Which sucks for the young guys but winning a job at training camp isn't really a thing for the Avs. We'll see if they sign a few more PTO's or someone like Heinen or ZAR. I wanted them to sign Suter but that obviously didn't happen.

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Aug. 24, 2023 at 5:48 p.m.

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I could see the Avs rolling with the 4th line but I can't believe they'd leave the 3rd RW open. They either have someone in mind or are already confident in someone coming up.

Aug. 24, 2023 at 5:51 p.m.

JeffW

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Quoting: M96N29

I could see the Avs rolling with the 4th line but I can't believe they'd leave the 3rd RW open. They either have someone in mind or are already confident in someone coming up.

Macfarlane mentioned foudy in his oddseason presser

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