The Avalanche introduced they’ve signed ahead Taylor Makar to a one-year entry-level contract for the 2025-26 marketing campaign. The youthful brother of Colorado celebrity Cale Makar will end the season on a tryout with AHL Colorado. His contract carries a cap hit of $925K and breaks right down to an $832.5K base wage, a $92.5K signing bonus and an $80K minors wage, per PuckPedia.
Colorado chosen the youthful Makar with their seventh-round choose within the 2021 draft. The 6’4″, 209-lb ahead was coming off an injury-plagued junior “A” season with the Brooks Bandits of the Alberta Junior Hockey League on the time, however he was strong when dressed with 19 factors in 16 video games. The Bandits, after all, are the place Cale performed his junior hockey earlier than Colorado chosen him fourth general in 2017.
Like his older brother, Taylor dedicated to UMass and jumped to the collegiate ranks after being drafted. The grinder by no means discovered a lot of a task on the squad, although, and recorded 15-7–22 in 85 video games earlier than getting into the switch portal following his junior season. After touchdown with the College of Maine for his senior yr, the 24-year-old managed to outproduce his totals with UMass in simply 38 video games. He completed second on the No. 3 group within the nation in scoring, posting 18-12–30 in 38 appearances with a +24 ranking. Maine’s season ended final Friday after they had been upset by Penn State within the regional semifinals of the nationwide event.
Makar is a protracted shot to crack the NHL roster subsequent yr, given the weak point of his collegiate resume as an entire, however his senior yr breakout is promising as he appears to be like to seize a big AHL function. He’ll be a restricted free agent in 2026. Colorado now has 30 gamers underneath contract for subsequent season.
