Colorado Avalanche fantasy preview 2026-27.
13 skaters and 2 goaltenders clear the pool line. Nathan MacKinnon leads at 3.14 blended ESPN points per game. The club ranks 1st in the league in shots and 18th in hits. Every figure below is a completed season or a published calendar.
Every Colorado name in the 2026-27 pool
Sorted by desk rank in the format selected above. Any header re-sorts. Counting columns are 2025-26 season totals. The value chip is consensus rank minus desk rank: mint means the desk is higher on him than the four published boards, coral means the room makes you pay.
| Pos | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1of 400 | Nathan MacKinnon | C | 31 | 3.17 | 2.93 | 3.14 | -1.07 | 53-74-127 in 80 | 30 | 350 | 64 | 35 | 76% | 2 | +1 | |
| 6of 400 | Cale Makar | D | 27 | 2.61 | 2.92 | 2.74 | -0.41 | 20-59-79 in 75 | 29 | 199 | 35 | 118 | 71% | 9 | +3 | |
| 34of 400 | Martin Necas | C | 27 | 2.46 | 2.10 | 2.28 | +0.22 | 38-62-100 in 78 | 24 | 206 | 85 | 26 | 72% | 17 | -17 | |
| 98of 400 | Brock Nelson | C | 34 | 2.00 | 1.62 | 1.89 | -0.04 | 33-32-65 in 81 | 18 | 186 | 38 | 65 | 59% | 95 | -3 | |
| 144of 400 | Nazem Kadri | C | 35 | 1.52 | 1.97 | 1.70 | -0.32 | 16-34-50 in 77 | 19 | 213 | 50 | 30 | 47% | 98 | -46 | |
| 181of 400 | Artturi Lehkonen | LW | 31 | 1.52 | 1.62 | 1.58 | -0.65 | 21-27-48 in 70 | 2 | 153 | 45 | 33 | 53% | 185 | +4 | |
| 220of 400 | Gabriel Landeskog | LW | 33 | 1.49 | — | 1.49 | — | +0.65 | 14-21-35 in 60 | 5 | 132 | 86 | 32 | 48% | 153 | -67 |
| 239of 400 | Jaden SchwartzNEW · SEA | LW | 34 | 1.42 | 1.54 | 1.44 | -0.63 | 11-15-26 in 50 | 3 | 82 | 32 | 42 | 44% | — | n/r | |
| 242of 400 | Josh Manson | D | 34 | 1.46 | 1.31 | 1.43 | +0.01 | 5-26-31 in 79 | 0 | 128 | 174 | 99 | 32% | — | n/r | |
| 252of 400 | Devon Toews | D | 32 | 1.22 | 1.64 | 1.40 | -0.14 | 3-21-24 in 68 | 1 | 115 | 26 | 83 | 29% | 240 | -12 | |
| 268of 400 | Brent Burns | D | 41 | 1.37 | 1.27 | 1.36 | -0.16 | 12-23-35 in 82 | 1 | 172 | 20 | 91 | — | 203 | -65 | |
| 277of 400 | Sam Malinski | D | 28 | 1.43 | 1.20 | 1.35 | +0.17 | 8-32-40 in 82 | 1 | 164 | 46 | 95 | — | 241 | -36 | |
| 319of 400 | Parker Kelly | C | 27 | 1.38 | 1.11 | 1.27 | +0.53 | 21-14-35 in 82 | 0 | 104 | 177 | 58 | — | — | n/r |
- 1 Nathan MacKinnon C · age 31 · mkt 2 3.14blend 3.1725-26 2.9324-25 -1.07H2−H1 30PPP 350SOG 64HIT 35BLK 76%PG% 53-74-127 in 80+1
- 6 Cale Makar D · age 27 · mkt 9 2.74blend 2.6125-26 2.9224-25 -0.41H2−H1 29PPP 199SOG 35HIT 118BLK 71%PG% 20-59-79 in 75+3
- 34 Martin Necas C · age 27 · mkt 17 2.28blend 2.4625-26 2.1024-25 +0.22H2−H1 24PPP 206SOG 85HIT 26BLK 72%PG% 38-62-100 in 78-17
- 98 Brock Nelson C · age 34 · mkt 95 1.89blend 2.0025-26 1.6224-25 -0.04H2−H1 18PPP 186SOG 38HIT 65BLK 59%PG% 33-32-65 in 81-3
- 144 Nazem Kadri C · age 35 · mkt 98 1.70blend 1.5225-26 1.9724-25 -0.32H2−H1 19PPP 213SOG 50HIT 30BLK 47%PG% 16-34-50 in 77-46
- 181 Artturi Lehkonen LW · age 31 · mkt 185 1.58blend 1.5225-26 1.6224-25 -0.65H2−H1 2PPP 153SOG 45HIT 33BLK 53%PG% 21-27-48 in 70+4
- 220 Gabriel Landeskog LW · age 33 · mkt 153 1.49blend 1.4925-26 —24-25 +0.65H2−H1 5PPP 132SOG 86HIT 32BLK 48%PG% 14-21-35 in 60-67
- 239 Jaden Schwartz LW · age 34 · mkt n/r 1.44blend 1.4225-26 1.5424-25 -0.63H2−H1 3PPP 82SOG 32HIT 42BLK 44%PG% 11-15-26 in 50n/r
- 242 Josh Manson D · age 34 · mkt n/r 1.43blend 1.4625-26 1.3124-25 +0.01H2−H1 0PPP 128SOG 174HIT 99BLK 32%PG% 5-26-31 in 79n/r
- 252 Devon Toews D · age 32 · mkt 240 1.40blend 1.2225-26 1.6424-25 -0.14H2−H1 1PPP 115SOG 26HIT 83BLK 29%PG% 3-21-24 in 68-12
- 268 Brent Burns D · age 41 · mkt 203 1.36blend 1.3725-26 1.2724-25 -0.16H2−H1 1PPP 172SOG 20HIT 91BLK —PG% 12-23-35 in 82-65
- 277 Sam Malinski D · age 28 · mkt 241 1.35blend 1.4325-26 1.2024-25 +0.17H2−H1 1PPP 164SOG 46HIT 95BLK —PG% 8-32-40 in 82-36
- 319 Parker Kelly C · age 27 · mkt n/r 1.27blend 1.3825-26 1.1124-25 +0.53H2−H1 0PPP 104SOG 177HIT 58BLK —PG% 21-14-35 in 82n/r
Colorado are 1st in shots
Six categories, summed across every Colorado skater in the pool for 2025-26, each drawn against the league average of the same sum. The tick on every track is that average. The value is in scoring, and it is concentrated at the top.
- G 255 lg avg 194 2nd
- A 440 lg avg 329 2nd
- PPP 133 lg avg 130 14th
- SOG 2204 lg avg 1644 1st
- HIT 878 lg avg 909 18th
- BLK 807 lg avg 789 14th
Where the blended points sit
Share of the club's total blended points per game contributed by forwards, defencemen and goaltenders in the pool. A club heavy in the D band is a club whose value survives a league that starts four defencemen.
Deep at centre, barren at right wing
Ordered by blend inside each column, tinted by the same number on a fixed league-wide scale. Darker is better, and an empty column is the club telling you where you will have to shop elsewhere. Every tile links to the player.
Right wing 0
0 deep · 29th of 32
Nobody in the poolCrease 2
Colorado against the other 31
Draftable stock
4 Colorado skaters inside the desk's top 100 — 8th of 32
Every club, sorted. DAL lead with 5; the thinnest club has 0. A tall bar is a roster you will keep bumping into in the first eight rounds.
Power-play concentration
62.4% held by the top three — 6th-most concentrated
Above the league median of 55.2%. The names outside the top three are even-strength assets.
A split Colorado crease
Last season's starts, split between the goaltenders the pool ranks here. The calendar puts 10 back-to-backs in front of them, and those are the nights the starter does not get.
The tick is the league median busiest-goaltender share, 64.7% across the 32 clubs with a pool-ranked crease. Wedgewood sits at 54.4%.
| Goaltender | GS | W | SO | GAA | SV% | Blend | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Wedgewoodage 34 · mkt 64 | 43 | 31 | 5 | 2.02 | 0.921 | 3.31 | Tandem |
| Mackenzie Blackwoodage 29 · mkt 81 | 36 | 23 | 4 | 2.51 | 0.904 | 2.24 | Tandem |
Power-play points are concentrated in Colorado
- 1 Nathan MacKinnon C 30 PPP · 22.6% · 23.6% of his own points
- 2 Cale Makar D 29 PPP · 21.8% · 36.7% of his own points
- 3 Martin Necas C 24 PPP · 18.0% · 24.0% of his own points
A top three holding 62.4% is a closed first unit. The fourth name was not on it last season.
0 in, 2 out
Only moves that changed a ranked player's club are tracked. Every blend on this page is computed from the player's own history, so a summer arrival brings his numbers with him.
Departures
- Mikko Rantanen listed DAL on all 2026-27 boards
- Valeri Nichushkin mid-late round gamble; availability risk
The Colorado schedule edge
The only input on this page that is already known. It does nothing to a first-round pick and a great deal to your last two bench spots.
Season opens 2026-09-30. Mint tiles help you; coral tiles cost you.
What this roster already did
Nathan MacKinnon put up 4-1-5 with 9 shots on 2023-12-21 for COL, worth 11.4 ESPN points. It is the 4th-biggest single game in the desk's ten-season file.
Nathan MacKinnon owns the 2nd-best C season in the ten-year file: 2023-24, 82 games, 51-89-140, 3.60 ESPN points per game.
No ranked Colorado prospect on the 2027 board
The prospect layer carries no Colorado Avalanche name for 2026-27. The youngest names already on the fantasy board are Cale Makar (27), Martin Necas (27), Parker Kelly (27).
Reading the Colorado board
3 inside the desk top 50, 4 inside the top 100. Nathan MacKinnon is the ceiling at 3.14, 1st overall. Cale Makar (2.74) follows 0.40 back. Usage can flip that order.
Shape: 1st in shots, 18th in hits. The value is in scoring, and it is concentrated at the top.
Gabriel Landeskog runs the other way, 220 here against 153. You pay 67 slots over. 4 names are priced above the model. Be patient here.
Three players hold 62.4% of the club's 133 power-play points. That is a closed first unit. Everyone below it is an even-strength asset until deployment says otherwise.
40 off-nights of 84, 1st in the league. 10 back-to-backs, 4th-fewest. Stream from here.
Scott Wedgewood started 43 at 2.02 and 0.921. Tandem volume caps the ceiling whatever the rates say.
0 in, 2 out on the tracked ledger, headlined by Mikko Rantanen leaving. Average pool age 31.8. 3 trending up, 6 down.
What this page does not know
Caveats, printed as the builder wrote them
- There is no projection here. Every rate is a weighted blend of what already happened, 0.6 on 2025-26, 0.3 on 2024-25, 0.1 on 2023-24, so a player whose role is about to change will be mispriced by exactly the amount his role changes.
- The DNA bars are club sums, not rates. A club with more pool-ranked skaters sums higher, which is the point: it measures the fantasy roster you can draft, not the average player on it.
- Power-play share is a proxy for first-unit time, not a measurement of it. It reads last season's points, so a club that rebuilt its top unit in the summer will read wrong until the season corrects it.
- The depth chart uses the pool's listed position. It is not a line-combination projection and no club has confirmed any of it.
- PG% is joined from a 250-player game-level build. Where a skater is missing from that build the column is blank rather than estimated.
- Roster membership follows the live NHL roster feed as of 2026-08-31. Training-camp cuts, waiver claims and September trades are not in it.
- Goaltender start counts are last season's, from whatever club the goaltender played for. They are workload evidence, not a depth-chart declaration.