With nearly $19M in salary cap headed into next season, the Avalanche appear to be in a great position to spend some money, but are they really?
Even before the disastrous end to the 2015-16 season, significant turnover was imminent within the Avalanche organization. With 27 restricted and unrestricted free agents on the 50-man roster, it was given plenty of new players would suit up in Denver and San Antonio next year. Joe Sakic has a number of difficult decisions to make -- and we'll speculate on plenty of these moves in future installments -- but right now let's try to determine how much money the team is working with.