Internal solutions aplenty for Colorado Avalanche roster holes

Photo by Andy Devlin/NHLI via Getty ImagesBefore NHL free agency officially kicks off on October 9th the Colorado Avalanche will undoubtedly put together a shopping list for which roster holes to address for the upcoming 2020-21 season. With the impending flat cap of $81.5M and looming extensions to Gabe Landeskog and Cale Makar the Avalanche have to watch expenditures more closely than they are used to despite currently sitting on over $22M in cap space with 28 contracts signed.

The window of contention doesn’t have to last through just the remaining three years of Nathan MacKinnon’s bargain basement $6.3M contract if the Avalanche make smart decisions and don’t commit term especially to…