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Created by: Bradshaw97

Team: 2021-22 Colorado Avalanche

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 15, 2021

Published: Aug. 16, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

This is a exciting year for the youth and players in contract years. I could see a huge jump from some role players too (Maltseve, Murray). The Avs have drafted and developed enough that if those young players do take the next step it won’t be a big free agency signing year just a next man up type of scenario. The only big move I could see is trading for a middle 6, have not replaced Donskoi or Saads contributions, I wouldn’t mind a Lacroix type of trade to get a more reliable playoff performing second liner. At the end of the NCAA season I could see Helleson getting his shot, if he continues his progress this should be a solid season.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Helleson, Drew		3	$850,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Donato, Ryan		2	$1,850,000

Trades

COL

Brown, Dustin ($2,200,000 retained)

Additional Details:

*Trade deadline deal*. This is a big if/will kings be sellers and Brown willing to leave. Could add that playoff grit and experience Avs need. Not sure on value for 36 yo in last year of deal.

LAK

Compher, J.T.
MacDonald, Jacob
2022 5th round pick (COL)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2022
2023
2024

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$81,366,463	$1,741,463	$3,857,500	$133,537

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Landeskog, Gabriel $7,000,000$7,000,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 8	MacKinnon, Nathan $6,300,000$6,300,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Rantanen, Mikko $9,250,000$9,250,000 RW, C UFA - 4
Burakovsky, André $4,900,000$4,900,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Kadri, Nazem $4,500,000$4,500,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1	Brown, Dustin $3,675,000$3,675,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 1
Nichushkin, Valeri $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Jost, Tyson $2,000,000$2,000,000 C UFA - 2	Newhook, Alex $908,333$908,333 ($850,000$850K) C, LW RFA - 2
Maltsev, Mikhail $809,167$809,167 ($82,500$82K) C, LW UFA - 1	Donato, Ryan $1,850,000$1,850,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 1	Helm, Darren $1,000,000$1,000,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 1
		O'Connor, Logan $725,000$725,000 RW, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Girard, Samuel $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 6	Makar, Cale $9,000,000$9,000,000 RD UFA - 6	Kuemper, Darcy $3,500,000$3,500,000 G UFA - 1
Toews, Devon $4,100,000$4,100,000 LD UFA - 3	Johnson, Erik $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2	Francouz, Pavel $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA - 1
Murray, Ryan $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD UFA - 1	Byram, Bowen $894,167$894,167 ($2,500,000$2M) LD/RD RFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Kaut, Martin $863,333$863,333 ($425,000$425K) RW RFA - 2
Helleson, Drew $850,000$850,000 RD RFA

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Brown, D.		Kadri, N.		Rantanen, M.
	MacKinnon, N.		Makar, C.

Power Play 2
Landeskog, G.		Newhook, A.		Burakovsky, A.
	Toews, D.		Girard, S.

Penalty Kill 1
	Nichushkin, V.	Jost, T.
	Murray, R.	Johnson, E.

Penalty Kill 2
	Donato, R.	Helm, D.
	Toews, D.	Byram, B.

Aug. 16, 2021 at 3:37 p.m.

tkecanuck341

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I don't see LA trading Brown. He has earned the right to play out his career and retire in LA. I expect him to get another two-year deal after his current one expires to line up with the expiration of Kopitar's current contract.

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Aug. 16, 2021 at 3:39 p.m.

Xqb15a

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I think Newhook’s play will make it so the Avs don’t have to make a TDL deal and if they did it would be to create another scoring line. Donato, while interesting is a waste of resources. COL legitimately has 9 candidates including 2 former 1st rd picks for 3 4th line spots, throwing more money at that is a waste. Also I don’t see Girard and Makar playing together.

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Aug. 16, 2021 at 3:44 p.m.

Bradshaw97

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Quoting: Xqb15a

Agree about the depth but I don’t think it’s 9 candidates, I would like to see JL foudy in a handful of games and let bowers finally get his shot but It’s all conjecture until the injury bug hits and your counting on guys who have no nhl experience going into the playoffs…

oh and Makar and Girard played together before, usually shuffles throughout the year anyway it’s never set in stone pairings

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Aug. 17, 2021 at 1:11 a.m.

Xqb15a

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Quoting: Bradshaw97

Yeah 9 is taking some guys into account that aren’t going to be there Megna, Matthau, etc… but they HAVE to see what they have in guys like Kaut and Bowers.

As for Girard and Makar yeah they will shuffle through them but generally speaking imo those are the 2 guys I would expect to only play together when they were behind. Personally I want to see Byram force his way into the top pairing, then but G and Toews together they were real good together last year and Murray and EJ becoming the PK, drone duo.

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Aug. 17, 2021 at 11:53 a.m.

Habig

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I don't think Helleson sniffs the NHL roster this season. The guy has taken his time developing (like intentionally doing it the right way). Barron would get looks before him imo

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