Équipe: 2021-22 Avalanche du Colorado

Date de création initiale: 26 juin 2020

Publié: 26 juin 2020

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

A flat cap for 3 years isn't a bad situation for Colorado. In fact I'd say that it could even be a blessing.

First of all Sakic will be able to resign RFA's like Burakovsky, Nichuskin, Jost, Graves, and Zadorov to lower AAV deals than would have been likely without a flat cap.

Looking ahead, it should also mean that we can sign cheaper long-term deals in 2021 with Makar; Landeskog; Grubauer; and Timmins, and potentially also Mackinnon and Byram in 2023 should the cap stay flat until then.

The value of prospects on ELC's will be much higher than usual too, and Avs have plenty of those coming through (i.e. Byram, Timmins, Newhook, Kaut, Bowers, Annunen, etc).

And that's all without even mentioning that Colorado will have plenty of space to acquire players via trades or UFA at lower-than-market value, or simply to weaponise any unused capspace to acquire some valuable picks/prospects.

This AGM isn't meant to be an accurate roster representation for the 2021/22 roster (as I think Zadorov will be traded before then, and someone will be taken in the ED as well), but rather, it just serves to illustrate that Colorado would have no problem keeping the current roster intact.