Salary Cap Situation – source Cap Friendly
Projected Cap Hit: $65,522,262
Projected Cap Space: $9,477,738
Projected LTIR Used: $0
Current Cap Space: $9,477,738
Deadline Cap Space: $44,071,482
Todays Cap Hit: $65,522,262
Roster: 19/23
Contracts: 41/50
Offseason Moves – In/Out – source Sports Forecaster
In
Alexander Kerfoot, C FA
Dominic Toninato, C FA
Jesse Graham, D FA – NYI
Nail Yakupov, RW/LW FA – StL
Colin Wilson, LW T – Nas
Andrew Agozzino, LW FA – StL
David Warsofsky, D FA – Pit
Jonathan Bernier, G FA – Ana
Out
Rene Bourque, RW/LW FA-Europe
Will Butcher, D FA – NJ
Francois Beauchemin, D FA – Ana
Mat Clark, D FA-Europe
Mikhail Grigorenko, C/LW FA-Europe
Mike Sislo, RW FA – Ari
Jeremy Smith, G FA – Car
Turner Elson, C FA – Det
Patrick Wiercioch, D FA – Van
Calvin Pickard, G ED – VGK
Depth Chart – source Yahoo! Sports
| Left Wing | Center | Right Wing |
| Sven Andrighetto | Nathan MacKinnon | Matt Duchene |
| Gabriel Landeskog | Tyson Jost | Blake Comeau |
| Colin Wilson | J.T. Compher | Mikko Rantanen |
| Matt Nieto | Carl Soderberg | Joe Colborne |
| Nail Yakupov | ||
| Defense | Defense | |
| Mark Barberio | Goaltender | Erik Johnson |
| Nikita Zadorov | Semyon Varlamov | Tyson Barrie |
| Jonathan Bernier | Andrei Mironov |
2018 Free Agents
Unrestricted – Jonathan Bernier, Joe Colborne, Blake Comeau, Mark Barberio, Gabriel Bourque, Joe Cannata, and Trent Vogelhuber.
Restricted – Matt Nieto, Nail Yakupov, Chris Bigras, Rocco Grimaldi, Duncan Siemens, Spencer Martin, Mason Geertsen, Felix Girard, Jesse Graham, and Reid Petryk.
2018 Draft Picks
1st – Colorado
2nd – Colorado
3rd – Colorado
4th – Colorado
5th – Colorado
6th – Colorado
7th – Colorado
Top 10 Colorado Avalanche Prospects – source The Hockey News
1. Tyson Jost – Center
2. Cale Makar – Defense
3. A.J. Greer – Left Wing
4. Chris Bigras – Defense
5. J.T. Compher – Center
6. Conor Timmins – Defense
7. Andrei Mironov – Defense
8. Spencer Martin – Goaltender
9. Anton Lindholm – Defense
10. Jean-Christophe Beaudin – Right Wing
