Colorado Avalanche
Northwest Division | Western Conference
Overview
The Avalanche currently have 2 players including 1 forwards, 1 defensemen, and 0 goalie(s) counting against their salary cap.
The team's current total salary cap hit stands at $10,750,000. That is $39,550,000 below the $50,300,000 cap ceiling, and $23,550,000 below the $34,300,000 cap floor. The highest cap hit on the team is $6,750,000, while the lowest is $4,500,000.
With a combined payroll of $9,750,000, the average salary of the team is $4,875,000. The highest salary on the team is $5,250,000, with the lowest being $4,500,000.
The team has 1 player signed on through to 2010-2011, 1 player that will become an unrestricted free agent (UFA), on July 1st, 2010.
Rumors
- Minnesota Wild 2008-2009 Season Preview
- Last season the Minnesota Wild won their first ever Northwest Division title but were ousted in the first round of the playoffs by the Colorado Avalanche. The big question for the Minnesota Wild this season is the whether or not they picked up enough goal scorers to make up for the players they lost in free agency. Here’s a quick rundown off who came and went, along with their scoring numbers from last year.
- Tanguay Good For Montreal
- On this past Friday--draft day--the Montreal Canadiens traded their first round draft pick--25th overall--along with their second round draft pick next season to the Calgary Flames for forward Alex Tanguay. Here are some statistics and an opinion on how Tanguay will affect the Habs.
- Coach Culling Continues?
- There are a lot of reports surfacing in the mainstream media that former LA Kings coach Barry “Billy Ray” Melrose will be introduced as the Tampa Bay Lightning’s new head coach, possibly as early as today. That might be a problem for current coach, John Tortorella… It’s always easy to point at a coach when [...]
- Ryan Miller’s favorite playoff moment is…
- On his Maxim.com blog, Buffalo Sabres All-Star goalie Ryan Miller took the time to answer a question posed by RumorMeThis. Wanna know what his his favorite playoff moment is?
- Round 2, Match-Ups
- The second round of the play-offs will be as good, if not better than the first round. With all the interesting match-ups for the next round, it's hard to say which one will be the best to watch.
Transactions
- New Jersey Devils At The Deadline
- New Jersey Devils (39-19-3) — 1st, Atlantic…3rd Conf. What got them there? Well honestly a resilient offense and timely goaltending from someone not named Martin Brodeur for most of the season is what got the Devils to this point. When Brodeur went down on November 1st…did anyone expect them to be in this position? No! Scott [...]
- Making Moves: Pens Deal Ryan Whitney
- The Pens give up on Ryan Whitney and look to make a playoff push.
- Tom Renney out, John Tortorella in
- And so the ongoing rumour came true, The Rangers changed their coach. Tortorella is a fiery coach, maybe that’s what the Rangers need, it’s true most of them are underperforming, but we can’t get too picky on a team that has lacked quality finishers all year long. On the other hand Renney, is NOT a bad coach, [...]
- Schneider Traded To Montreal
- The Montreal Canadiens have traded for Mathieu Schneider.
- Devils Trade Brookbank to Ducks
- The Devils traded defenseman Sheldon Brookbank to the Anaheim Ducks for the rights to center David McIntyre. The trade of Brookbkank opens up a spot for the Devils to add another player to their roster before the trade deadline.