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Photo of NHL player Gavin Brindley

Colorado Avalanche Logo Gavin Brindley

Position Center Current Team Colorado Avalanche
Shoots Right Current Contract 3 years
Height 5'8" Expires 2025-26
Weight (lbs) 173 Extended Through 2027-28
Age 21 (Oct 5, 2004) Expiry Age (Jun 30) 23
Drafted 2023, Round 2, Overall 34 (CBJ) Expiry Status RFA
Date Team Transaction
Nov 11, 2025 Colorado Avalanche Signed 2 years @ $875K AAV starting in 2026-27
Jun 27, 2025 Colorado Avalanche Acquired from Columbus Blue Jackets
Jun 27, 2025 Columbus Blue Jackets Traded to Colorado Avalanche
Nov 14, 2024 Columbus Blue Jackets Assigned to AHL
Nov 14, 2024 Columbus Blue Jackets Activated from SOIR.
Oct 7, 2024 Columbus Blue Jackets Placed on SOIR
Apr 15, 2024 Columbus Blue Jackets Signed to an entry level contract.
Status History Coming Soon

2025-26 Player Card



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About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance. In this case it shows the player performance over a 3 season span. Each square is separated into three separate sub-boxes with the two smaller boxes on top representing the past two seasons and the larger box on the bottom representing the current or most recent season. This allows the reader to guage how consistent a player has been, and if early in the season it can help identify whether a players performance may be impacted by small sample size and subject to regression or is consistent with recent past performance.

Notes and Definitions
  • The numbers represent percentiles so the higher the better.
  • Percentiles are determined by comparing Forwards to Forwards and Defensemen to Defensemen.
  • Bursts/mi are calculated from NHL Edge Data are are speed bursts above 20mpg per mile skated. The NHL doesn't adjust for ice time so the players that skate more will naturally have more bursts over 20, or at least more opportunity to have more. The NHL also does not provide ice time in the context of NHL Edge Statistics, however, it does provide distance skated. By adjusting for distance skated it will have a similar effect to adjusting for ice time but also adjust for situationional effect. For example, Players don't typically skate as much on the PK, mostly within the defensive zone, so don't get significant opportunity in that ice time to get speed bursts above 20mph. Adjusting with miles skates would account for this better than adjusting with ice time.
  • Sh%AE is Shooting Percentage above Expected (Sh% - xSh%) and is an indicator of how good a shooter is at converting chances into goals.
  • Relative statistics are On Ice - Off Ice statistics and can be an indicator of whether the player makes his teammates better or worse.
  • All data is 5v5 except Shooting Hardest and Average, Skating Top Speed and Bursts/mi which are all situations, ES Average which is even strength (NHL doesn't give a specific definition).
Data Sources
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5v5 Individual Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI G/60 A/60 Pts/60 xG/60 GAE/60 Sh% xSh% Sh%AE %SA Rush %SA Reb.
2023-24 CBJ 1 10:45 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 - - - - -
2025-26 COL 17 146:10 1.23 1.23 2.46 0.69 0.54 17.65 9.94 7.71 4.17 16.67

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season Team(s) GP TOI SAF/60 GF/60 xGF/60 SAA/60 GA/60 xGA/60 GF% xGF% xGF Rel xGA Rel xGF% Rel
2023-24 CBJ 1 10:45 16.74 0.00 0.78 27.91 0.00 0.63 - 55.24 -2.31 -3.32 11.35
2025-26 COL 17 146:10 42.69 4.10 2.61 38.59 2.87 2.35 58.82 52.64 -0.60 0.04 -5.60

NHL Edge Stats

Skating Shooting Zone Time
Season GP Top Speed Bursts>20/mi Avg. Speed ES Avg. Speed Top Speed Avg. Speed %Long Range %Mid Range %High Danger ES DZ% ES NZ% ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25 Percentile 25-50 Percentile 50-75 Percentile 75-100
Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season
Season Teammate Teammate Team TOI GF/60 GA/60 GF% xGF/60 xGA/60 xGF% xGF Rel xGA Rel xGF% Rel
This table is for Basic and Premium subscribers only. To view please login to and/or subscribe to one of our subscription plans. 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26 2026-27 2027-28 2028-29 2030-31 2031-32 2032-33 2033-34 2034-35

Glossary

Type Statistic Definition
IndividualG/60Goals Against per 60 minutes.
IndividualA/60Assists per 60 minutes.
IndividualPts/60Points per 60 minutes.
IndividualxG/60Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
IndividualGAE/60Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
IndividualSh%Shooting Percentage.
IndividualxSh%Expected Shooting Percentage.
IndividualSh%AEShooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual%SA RushPercentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual%SA Reb.Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On IceSAF/60Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On IceGF/60Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IcexGF/60Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On IceSAA/60Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGA/60Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IcexGA/60Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On IceGF%Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On IcexGF%Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On IcexGF RelxGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On IcexGA RelxGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On IcexGF% RelxGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.
Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

Current Contract

Gavin Brindley signed a $2,850,000 3-year contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets and General Manager John Davidson on April 15, 2024 with an AAV of $950,000. This contract will start in 2023-24 and end after the 2025-26 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.14% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2023-24 18 $950,000 $950,000 - $95,000 $855,000 $950,000 $82,500 ELC
2024-25 19 $950,000 $950,000 - $95,000 $855,000 $950,000 $82,500 ELC
2025-26 20 $950,000 $950,000 - $95,000 $855,000 $950,000 $82,500 ELC
Total - $285,000 $2,565,000 $2,850,000 $247,500
Signed: Apr 15, 2024
Team: Columbus Blue Jackets
GM: John Davidson
Exp. Status: 10.2(c)

Contract Extension

Gavin Brindley signed a $3,500,000 2-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche and General Manager Chris MacFarland on November 11, 2025 with an AAV of $875,000. This contract will start in 2026-27 and end after the 2027-28 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 0.84% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( )  (0 ratings)

Season Age* Clause Cap Hit AAV Perf. Bonus Sign. Bonus Salary Compensation Minors Salary Status
2026-27 21 $875,000 $875,000 - $850,000 $850,000 $1,700,000 $200,000 10.2(c)
2027-28 22 $875,000 $875,000 - $900,000 $900,000 $1,800,000 - RFA
Total - $1,750,000 $1,750,000 $3,500,000 $200,000
Signed: Nov 11, 2025
Team: Colorado Avalanche
GM: Chris MacFarland
Exp. Status: RFA
Cap %: 0.84
Note: Guaranteed minimum salary in 2026-27 is $300,000.

Career Statistics

Regular Season Playoffs
Season League Team GP G A Pts +/- PIM Shots Sh% TOI/G GP G A Pts +/- PIM Shots Sh% TOI/G
2013-14 Brick Invitational Team Minnesota 6 1 2 3 4
2016-17 WSI U13 East Coast Selects O U13 5 3 1 4 2
2016-17 QC Int PW Florida Alliance PW 3 4 3 7
2017-18 WSI U14 East Coast Selects O U14 8 6 4 10
2018-19 WSI U15 East Coast Selects O U15 9 3 4 7
2019-20 YOG USA U16 4 1 1 2 +2
2019-20 USA-S15 Team Columbia 4 2 4 6
2019-20 NAPHL 16U Florida Alliance 16U AAA 15 17 25 42 4 5 4 3 7
2020-21 USHL Tri-City Storm 51 9 13 22 -1 18 3 1 1 2 +1
2021-22 NTDP U.S. National U18 Team 15 2 7 9 +10 8
2021-22 WJC-18 USA U18 6 1 3 4 +4 2
2021-22 USHL Tri-City Storm 51 14 28 42 +9 33 3 1 1 2 -3
2022-23 NCAA Univ. of Michigan 41 12 26 38 +21 22
2022-23 WJC-20 USA U20 7 1 3 4 -1 4
2023-24 NCAA Univ. of Michigan 40 25 28 53 +17 28
2023-24 WJC-20 USA U20 7 6 4 10 +7
2023-24 WC USA 5 1 0 1 +1
2023-24 NHL Columbus Blue Jackets 1 0 0 0 0.0 12:20
2024-25 AHL Cleveland Monsters 52 6 11 17 -10 24 4
2025-26 NHL Colorado Avalanche 18 4 3 7 +3 6 22 18.2 9:17
NHL Career 19 4 3 7 +3 6 22 18.2 9:27