http://blogs.denverpost.com/avs/2012/02/22/smallmarket/9724/?source=rsshomeblog

About the 'small market' mentality of the avs these days.

So that got me courious, and I went to cap geek and looked at all the expiring contracts:

Player: Makes (cap hit): Expected contract (cap hit):

Duchene, 3.2m 5.5m

O'Reilly 9k 3-4m

Hejduk 3m 3m

McClemment 1.45 ?

Downie 1.85 2-2.5m

Mcleod 1.033 ?

Porter 850k 1m

Galaradi 700k 1m

Van der Gulik 525k ?

Johnson 2.6m 4-4.5m

Jones 2.5m ?

Winnik 950k ?

Mueller 2m 2m

Hunwick 1.5m ?

Wilson 1.275m 3m

O'Brien 1.1m ?

So what's the point of this list? If you look closely, the expected raises are just about equal to the unrestricted free agents salaries, and there will be little to no change at the overall salaries, Colorado Avalanche 2012-13, you've seen this before.