2025-26 Colorado Avalanche Roster Updates
- Lyanna Yeow
- Jul 8, 2025
- 3 min read
The following changes have been made to the Colorado Avalanche’s 2025-26 roster as of July, 8, 2025:
Signings
Brock Nelson
Date: June 4, 2025
Position: Center
Contract: $22,500,000 three-year contract including a $500,000 bonus in the first year
Additional Detail: Contract will expire at the end of the 2027-28 season
Matt Stienburg
Date: June 20, 2025
Position: Center
Team Previously Signed: Colorado Eagles (AHL affiliate of the Avs)
Contract: One-year contract which has a cap hit of $775,000
Additional Detail: RFA after his contract expires at end of 2025-26 season
T.J. Tynan
Date: July 1, 2025
Position: Center
Team Previously Signed: Colorado Eagles (AHL affiliate of the Avs)
Contract: One-year contract which has a cap hit of $775,000
Additional Detail: RFA after his contract expires at end of 2025-26 season
Jason Polin
Date: July 1, 2025
Position: Right Wing
Contract: One-year contract which has a cap hit of $775,000
Additional Detail: Contract expires at end of 2025-26 season
Jack Ahcan
Date: July 1, 2025
Position: Defense
Contract: One-year contract which has a cap hit of $775,000
Additional Detail: Contract expires at end of 2025-26 season
Ronnie Attard
Date: July 1, 2025
Position: Defense
Team Previously Signed: Philadelphia Flyers
Contract: One-year contract which has a cap hit of $775,000
Additional Detail: Contract expires at end of 2025-26 season
Brent Burns
Date: July 1, 2025
Position: Defense
Team Previously Signed: Carolina Hurricanes
Contract: $1,000,000 one-year contract with a cap hit of $1,000,000 per season
Additional Detail: Contract expires at end of 2025-26 season
Alex Barre-Boulet
Date: July, 4, 2025
Position: Center
Team Previously Signed: Montreal Canadiens
Contract: One-year, two-way contract which has a cap hit of $775,000
Extensions
Sam Malinski
Date: June 30, 2025
Position: Defense
Contract: $1,400,000 one-year contract extension with a cap hit of $1,400,000 per season
Parker Kelly
Date: July 1, 2025
Position: Center
Contract: $6,800,000 four-year contract extension with a cap hit of $1,700,000 per season.
Additional Detail: Will be an a UFA at the end of his contract after the 2029-30 season
Trent Miner
Date: July 1, 2025
Position: Goalie
Contract: $1,550,000 two-year contract extension with a cap hit of $775,000 per season
Additional Detail: Will be a RFA after contract expires at end of 2026-27 season
The following athletes are not on the Colorado Avalanche roster anymore
The Avs traded forwards Charlie Coyle and Miles Wood for Columbus Blue Jackets’ Center, Gavin Brindley, a 2025 third-round pick, and a 2027 conditional second-round pick on July, 17, 2025.
Charlie Coyle
Date: June 27, 2025
Position: Center
Contract: Previously signed a $31,500,000 six-year contract with the Boston Bruins in 2019 before being traded to the Colorado Avalanche during the 2024-25 season.
Additional Detail: Traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets and will be a UFA at the end of the 2025-26 season
Miles Wood
Date: June 27, 2025
Position: Left Wing
Contract: Previously signed a $2,500,000 six-year contract with the Avs in 2023
Additional Detail: Traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets and will be a UFA at the end of the 2028-29 season
The Avs let Jonathan Drouin walk away when NHL free agency opened on July 1st, 2025. Details of his new contract and team that he is playing for is listed below.
Position: Left Wing
Contract: $8,000,000 two-year contract with a cap hit of $4,000,000 per season
New Team: Signed with the New York Islanders as a free agent
Come back for more updates to the 2025-26 Colorado Avalanche roster and comment down below which team I should cover next!
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