Gabriel Landeskog has been sidelined since the Avalanche’s 2022 Stanley Cup win due to a serious knee injury. Is the Avalanche captain gearing up for a comeback, or is retirement on the horizon? We dive into his recovery journey, his impact on the team, and what the future holds for one of the NHL’s greatest leaders.
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The Gizzo
The windows closed. Most of the time egos are bigger than the athlete. Hopefully when he’s shown his ability to play is gone he’ll leave. There will be no grace because that window has also closed.
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The man the giant
No one says anything since the season started. I still don’t think he will come back. Training is different to a real game. If he plays again, we will see how he does after the first real checks on his knee.
Landaskog is my favourite player on avs honesyly
He's done, were on year 3 of this…time to cut ties. Highly doubt he'd be the same player he was if he can still eveb play at all.
I see no way he comes back for more than 2 games before retiring. Id love to be proven wrong, but medical miracles are rare
Doesn’t look good. Super sad.
I’m holding onto a glimmer of small tiny hope because there is no doubt that they aren’t going to say anything at all now until he’s legit ready.
But it doesn’t look good.
He played professionally for 12 years, has been out for 2 1/2 years and is about to be 32. I get respect and loyalty, but this is starting to look like vanity to me. I love Landy, but if he really wanted to take care of this team, he'd step away. He's STILL the captain despite not playing for the last 2 years, and he's collecting a salary that could be used to get some SERIOUSLY NEEDED goaltending.
Watching his episode of the Amazon doc, it really sounds like he's going to push for a return this season no matter what. Even if it means just playing a few more games before hanging them up for good.
Not sure why anyone would think the team should move on before seeing him on the ice again. Yes the odds are against him but he's been the captain for over a decade, he played through the injury that took him out to win a cup with this team, and he's under contract until 28-29 season. He might not be a top line or even top 6 guy anymore, but buying him out guarantees dead cap space when the alternative is low-risk since he's on IR anyway and high-reward because he could still come back and contribute.
Whether he comes back or not, Avs legend and a hell of a captain.
Homie got ratioed by Landeskog lol damn