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Created by: ArakinSkywalker

Team: 2025-26 Colorado Avalanche

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 17, 2023

Published: Aug. 17, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

if we resign toews and landy comes back, plus adding in resigning rants and byram.
is it doable? sure.
It would take some real management of the cap and center is a little thin but i've seen worse teams and at this point i think you'd be looking to move the first from this year and something to get another retained 2C for a year or two.
Wing depth i think looks good, UFA's are hard to tell who will be available at the time and for what price but it is essentially a 4C and a more physical 5/6 D.
Goaltending is an issue as well, i just selected vlader because he fits the mold of a solid back up who if given a chance might perform, i'm mostly banking on annunen in this scenario to be able to split with him in a 1A/1B role and then take the reigns in a year or 2

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Ritchie, Calum		3	$975,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Annunen, Justus	1	$900,000
Byram, Bowen	6	$8,000,000
Meyers, Ben	2	$1,050,000
Foudy, Jean-Luc	2	$925,000
Malinski, Sam	1	$850,000
Fairbrother, Gianni	1	$850,000
Aamodt, Wyatt	1	$850,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Rantanen, Mikko	8	$12,000,000
Toews, Devon	7	$7,000,000
Hunt, Brad	1	$850,000
Dillon, Brenden	1	$2,000,000
Vladar, Daniel	2	$3,000,000
Dowd, Nic	1	$900,000

Trades

COL

2026 3rd round pick (VAN)
2026 6th round pick (VAN)

VAN

Manson, Josh

COL

Acciari, Noel ($1,000,000 retained)

PIT

2026 3rd round pick (COL)
2026 6th round pick (VAN)

COL

Sissons, Colton ($1,428,571 retained)

NSH

2026 2nd round pick (COL)
2026 4th round pick (COL)

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$92,000,000	$91,603,572	$0	$0	$396,428

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Lehkonen, Artturi $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2	MacKinnon, Nathan $12,600,000$12,600,000 C NMC UFA - 6	Rantanen, Mikko $12,000,000$12,000,000 RW, C UFA
Landeskog, Gabriel $7,000,000$7,000,000 LW, C M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4	Colton, Ross $4,000,000$4,000,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Nichushkin, Valeri $6,125,000$6,125,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 5
Wood, Miles $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW M-NTC UFA - 4	Ritchie, Calum $975,000$975,000 C RFA	Sissons, Colton $1,428,572$1,428,572 C, RW UFA - 1
Meyers, Ben $1,050,000$1,050,000 LW, C UFA	Dowd, Nic $900,000$900,000 C UFA	Acciari, Noel $1,000,000$1,000,000 C, RW M-NTC UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Byram, Bowen $8,000,000$8,000,000 LD/RD RFA	Makar, Cale $9,000,000$9,000,000 RD UFA - 2	Vladar, Daniel $3,000,000$3,000,000 G UFA
Toews, Devon $7,000,000$7,000,000 LD UFA - 6	Girard, Samuel $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Annunen, Justus $900,000$900,000 G RFA - 1
Dillon, Brenden $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD UFA	Malinski, Sam $850,000$850,000 RD RFA

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Hunt, Brad $850,000$850,000 LD/RD UFA
Foudy, Jean-Luc $925,000$925,000 C RFA

Taxi Squad
Aamodt, Wyatt $850,000$850,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD RFA
Fairbrother, Gianni $850,000$850,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD/RD RFA
Olausson, Oskar $863,333$863,333 ($0$0$0$0) RW RFA - 1

Aug. 17, 2023 at 11:12 a.m.

Puckluckchuck

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I would say Rantanen takes closer to 10m in favor of a better starting goalie- Vladar hasn't been great as a backup in Calgary, let alone a starter

Aug. 17, 2023 at 11:18 a.m.

remowilliams

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Canucks pass.NO cap.

Aug. 17, 2023 at 11:34 a.m.

canucksfan43

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If the Cnaucks could find a way to make the cap work (i.e. dumping Myers cap), i'd hope they'd accept that

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Aug. 17, 2023 at 11:51 a.m.

ArakinSkywalker

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Quoting: canucksfan43

If the Cnaucks could find a way to make the cap work (i.e. dumping Myers cap), i'd hope they'd accept that

this is two years from now, myers i'd hope is long gone

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Aug. 17, 2023 at 11:52 a.m.

canucksfan43

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Quoting: ArakinSkywalker

this is two years from now, myers i'd hope is long gone

Oh i didn't see the year my bad, i thought it was for this season

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Aug. 17, 2023 at 12:13 p.m.

HulkVader

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Pens decline.

Aug. 17, 2023 at 1:22 p.m.

M96N29

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This is tough. Overall, I like the team, but there are big question marks. There are usually enough serviceable goalies every FA year, so that's probably not a huge concern. Would love it if Annunen becomes a solid starter. I would love Dowd now...not sure what he'll be like at 35. Sissons would be a solid add. I think the biggest problem might be moving Manson in the last year of his contract when he's 33. I don't think he brings a 3rd+. It's going to be a challenge keeping the core guys and having enough depth around them.

Aug. 17, 2023 at 1:24 p.m.

NMAvsFan

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Quoting: Puckluckchuck

I would say Rantanen takes closer to 10m in favor of a better starting goalie- Vladar hasn't been great as a backup in Calgary, let alone a starter

I think it's highly unlikely he takes less than $11M

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Aug. 17, 2023 at 1:28 p.m.

NMAvsFan

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If they let Toews go, they'll have more options to fill in at F and and G and the D will still be pretty good. Ritchie is probably the only young guy with a shot of getting to the Avs roster but he's going to have to basically blow up at the junior and AHL level before they'll give him a serious look. But they're going nowhere with that goaltending.

Aug. 17, 2023 at 1:38 p.m.

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ArakinSkywalker

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Quoting: M96N29

Yeah i was thinking that was probily an overpay but that doesn't really change much, i haven't moved the 3rd. I'd think he could be moved to a team with lots of cap space then flipped for something half retained to a contender.

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Aug. 17, 2023 at 3:16 p.m.

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AEcho

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In two years, I could see NSH taking this for Sissons. It really depends on how some of NSH's center youth develop as this is around the time NSH is looking to come out of their soft rebuild and their may not be a spot for him at center. That said, NSH has somewhat built their bottom 6 around him, so I'm not certain if NSH would be willing to trade him if he is still the guy leading the bottom 6, especially if any one of the youth center's NSH has doesn't pan out.

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Aug. 17, 2023 at 3:29 p.m.

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Avy_season

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Quoting: Puckluckchuck

I would say Rantanen takes closer to 10m in favor of a better starting goalie- Vladar hasn't been great as a backup in Calgary, let alone a starter

I think he will get a Pastrnak deal(11.25 mill).

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Aug. 17, 2023 at 3:36 p.m.

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ArakinSkywalker

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Quoting: Avy_season

I think he will get a Pastrnak deal(11.25 mill).

That makes a lot of sense, hopefully he takes that. I put 12 mil since i don't see him getting more than mack but with the cap going up again i assume it will be pretty close to it.

Aug. 17, 2023 at 6:33 p.m.

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NMAvsFan

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Quoting: Avy_season

I think he will get a Pastrnak deal(11.25 mill).

That was exactly what I thought when Pasta signed that deal: that's what Rants will want when he's up and he'll get it from the Avs or someone else.

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